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<ul><li>Scientists have found <keyword id="8858345" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="sars-cov-2">SARS-CoV-2</keyword> in a washroom of an empty apartment in China. </li><li>The washroom was located right above the washroom of another apartment where five people tested positive for <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>. </li><li>Scientists also confirmed that coronavirus particles were present in washrooms of apartments located 10 or 12 levels above COVID-19 cases. </li></ul>Scientists have discovered traces of coronavirus in a vacant apartment in Guangzhou, China— suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19 may have drifted to the apartment through sewage pipes, according to a<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-26/coronavirus-in-vacant-apartment-suggests-toilets-role-in-spread"> Bloomberg report. </a> In February, SARS-CoV-2 was present on shower handle, sink, faucet of a washroom of an apartment located on the 16th floor. The washroom was located right above the washroom of another apartment where five people tested positive for coronavirus, the researchers at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-26/coronavirus-in-vacant-apartment-suggests-toilets-role-in-spread">said</a> in a study published in Environment International. “The possibility of aerosol diffusion through sewage pipe after flushing the toilet at the 15-floor restroom was further confirmed by an onsite tracer simulation experiment showing aerosols were found in the restroom of apartments at 25-floor (two cases confirmed on Feb 1) and 27-floor (two cases confirmed on Feb 6 and 13),”<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020319942?via%3Dihub#b0100"> the study said. </a> Scientists also confirmed that coronavirus particles were present in washrooms of apartments located 10 or 12 levels above COVID-19 cases. Each one of those floors reported at least two confirmed cases in early February. The study suggests the SARS-CoV-2 particles present in the patient’s faeces may have moved into the different washrooms via plumbing. Scientists across the world are still trying to understand the nature of SARS-CoV-2 to further examine different ways it can infect humans. At first, the World Health Organisation (WHO) denied any human to human transmission but later, it said that COVID-19 patients — whether asymptomatic or symptomatic — are contagious. WHO recently said that airborne transmission of coronavirus is possible. “Apartments in multistory buildings may be linked via a shared wastewater system. If there’s a smell, it means that somehow air has been transported to where it shouldn’t go,” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-26/coronavirus-in-vacant-apartment-suggests-toilets-role-in-spread">said </a>Lidia Morawska, director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health at the Australia’s Queensland University of Technology. The transmission of coronavirus particle, in this case, is eerily similar to the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong’s Amoy Garden private housing estate. About twenty years ago, 329 residents were infected with SARS after the virus spread through their faulty sewage pipelines. “Although transmission via the shared elevator cannot be excluded, this event is consistent with the findings of the Amoy Gardens SARS outbreak in Hong Kong in 2003,” Scientist Song Tang, who works with with the China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, and colleagues wrote in the study citing unpublished data. According to Bloomberg, several researches have earlier found that toilet flushes can generate aerosols from excreta. These particles remain in the air and can spread upto a distance of more than a meter. Toilets “may promote faecal-derived aerosol transmission if used improperly, particularly in hospitals,” the China CDC researchers said. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/education/news/all-you-need-to-know-about-neet-jee-2020-controversy/articleshow/77733682.cms">NEET-JEE 2020: Mamata Banerjee, Sonia Gandhi and other opposition leaders may approach the Supreme Court to challenge Centre’s decision</a>

A new study says Coronavirus may have crawled through faulty toilet pipes bringing back a SARS nightmare

By Lalit K Jha Washington, Apr 24 () The US is still trying to get an "actual sample" of the novel coronavirus from China as several questions related to the infection remains unanswered, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.The US has been the worst affected country by the deadly coronavirus, which broke out in China's Wuhan city last year. As of Thursday, the US witnessed at least 842,376 coronavirus cases, including over 49,800 deaths, Johns Hopkins University has said."Frankly we are still trying to get an actual sample of the virus (from China). They have given us the breakdown of it," Pompeo said during the Larry O'Connor show on Thursday.Pompeo's comments came as last week President Donald Trump said the US is looking into reports that the novel coronavirus, "escaped" from a virology laboratory in Wuhan city, the epicentre of the virus outbreak in China.Pompeo said there still were many questions about the coronavirus that remain unanswered."There are still many unanswered questions about how this came to be.…This issue of transparency is important not only as a historical matter to understand what happened back in November and December and January, but it's important even today," he said."As you know, this is still impacting lots of lives here in the United States and, frankly, around the world," Pompeo added.China last week added 1,290 more fatalities in Wuhan to its COVID-19 national death toll of 4,632.Pompeo also said the US needs every country to be transparent, to share their data, to share all of this information so the world's best epidemiologists and scientists and laboratory experts can begin to develop therapeutics and a vaccine that ultimately gets us to a place where people are less at risk."The President is very focused on getting this economy back going, and it is important that we have transparency about the virus to enable us to do that," he said.Responding to a question, Pompeo said the first cases of this were known by the Chinese government maybe as early as November, but certainly by mid-December.He said the Chinese government was slow to identify this for anyone in the world, including the World Health Organisation."Once the United States came to understand what was potentially taking place there, we immediately turned both to the World Health Organisation and to the Chinese Government directly, not just through the State Department but through our health and technical experts as well, and asked for access, for understanding, for transparency," Pompeo said. LKJ RUP RUP

US still trying to get actual sample of coronavirus from China: Pompeo

By Lalit K Jha Washington, Apr 16 () Alleging that coronavirus was genetically-engineered in a Wuhan lab, an Indian-American survivor of the deadly virus has urged President Donald Trump to seek compensation from China, running into trillions of dollars, for the thousands of deaths and harming the American economy."The unleashing of global death and suffering with the coronavirus, a plague upon all of us, is worse than Pearl Harbor, and given its deception, and later, cover-up, lack any semblance of Honor," Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra said in a letter to the president."On the established rules of law, China is at least guilty of negligence in proximately causing a world pandemic, where nearly two million people have suffered its pain and suffering, and nearly 122,000 souls have lost their lives and left their families damaged and fractured," he said in a letter dated April 14.China owes us civil compensation - at least for negligence - a fair and reasonable amount, "which I recommend match our standard for 9/11, but no less than USD1 million dollars for every American who tested positive for Coronavirus, USD5 million for every American who died, and USD100,000 for every American who has to be 'locked down'," he said."I recommend, given the cover-up, which exacerbated the injury, pain and suffering globally, as well as avoidable deaths, that China's ownership of debts in every country - for example the USD1.2T in China's ownership of our T-Bills - be cancelled," Batra said. In his letter, Batra charged China with hiding the actual source of coronavirus.He also accused Beijing of ignoring "the fraudulent assertion" by the Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Czar that "Wuhanan Seafood Market, with zero Bats, has any value to getting to the source." China, it appears, is following an old playbook it developed in SARS outbreak, he alleged.On Wednesday, Fox News, in an exclusive report, said COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan laboratory not as a bio-weapon, but as part of China's effort to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States.This may be the "costliest government coverup of all time," one of the sources was quoted as saying by Fox News. When asked about the Fox's report, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that the administration is doing a thorough investigation of it. "More and more we're hearing the story...we are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation," Trump said in response to the question. In his letter, Batra alleged COVID-19 has a reversed-engineered and grafted-on in a lab of the natural-to-bats "receptor-binding" domain structure, the "mushrooms" on the surface, of the "SARS-CoV"."The natural 'mushroom' on the surface of 'SARS-CoV' is in a lab genetically added/spliced/grafted onto '2019-n-CoV' - which I have, from personal experience, called a Trojan Horse to have a friendly 'handshake', is in fact accurate biochemically - as 'receptor-binding' unlocks the human cell, and enters the human body much easier!" he alleged."The SARS' 'Bat-SL-CoVZc45' and 'Bat-SL-CoVZXC21' - with its natural Bat-based 'mushrooms on the surface - did not enter humans," Batra said. LKJ TIRTIR

Trump urged to seek compensation from China on coronavirus

Berlin, Apr 12 (AFP) Chinese representatives tried to influence German government officials to give positive comments about Beijing's management of the coronavirus outbreak, Germany's Die Welt newspaper reported Sunday.The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December and Beijing has been criticised by some -- most notably US President Donald Trump -- over its initial handling of the crisis.Senior officials and staff at German government ministries were invited "to speak in positive terms about China's management of the coronavirus," Die Welt said, citing a confidential foreign ministry document.The foreign ministry recommended that all German governmental departments reject such approaches, the newspaper added. The ministry has declined to confirm or deny the report.However a German intelligence source told Die Welt that "Chinese officials are pursuing an intensified information and propaganda policy with regard to the coronavirus".Beijing has sought to counter the narrative that the outbreak began in China and highlighted its assistance to Western countries "in order to present the People's Republic as a trustworthy partner," Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution said.The pandemic has shaken the world, killing more than 107,000 people and infecting over 1,745,000, wreaking vast economic damage and prompting a rash of finger-pointing.Trump and his administration had made a point of referring to COVID-19 as the "Chinese virus" or the "Wuhan virus", infuriating Beijing.The US president has also cast doubt on the accuracy of official Chinese virus figures and accused the World Health Organization of pro-China bias. (AFP) RS RS

China chasing coronavirus praise from Germany: report

By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 1 () The novel coronavirus, that has killed over 230,000 people globally so far and has shattered economies, emerged from a virology lab in the Wuhan city of China, US President Donald Trump claimed Thursday with a high degree of confidence. "Yes, I have. Yes, I have," Trump told reporters at the East Room of the White House when asked if he has seen anything at this point that gives him a high degree of confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is where the virus originated.The president, however, refuse to provide any details, except for saying that investigations are on and it would be out soon.Asked what gave him a high degree of confidence that the virus originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, he said, "I can't tell you that. I'm not allowed to tell you that."The president, however, did not hold his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping responsible for this. "I don't want to say that, I don't want to say that, but certainly it could have been stopped. It came out of China and it could have been stopped and I wish they had stopped it and so does the whole world wish they had stopped it."Reiterating that this is something that could have been contained at Wuhan ground zero, he said that China could have contained it. "They were either unable to, or they chose not to. And the world has suffered greatly."One of two things happened, he reasoned. "They either didn't do it and you know they couldn't do it from a competent standpoint or they let it spread and I would say probably it got out of control.""But there's another case that how come they stopped all of the planes and all of the traffic from going into China, but they didn't stop the planes and the traffic from coming into the United States and from coming into all over Europe," he said, citing the example of Italy, the hardest-hit European country."This country (the US) is very lucky and I'm very lucky that I put the ban on China, as you know, very early on. In January, we put the ban on China and that was a very early day. That wasn't a late day, that was an early day. Then, we later put the ban on in Europe," he said.Before holding them accountable, Trump said he wants to find out what happened. "I think we'll be able to get a very good -- a very powerful definition of exactly what happened. We're working on it strongly now and I think it's going to be very powerful," he said."But they could have stopped it. They are a very brilliant nation, scientifically and otherwise. It got loose, let's say, and they could have capped it. They could have stopped it, but they didn't. And they stopped the planes from going to China, but they didn't stop them from going to the rest of the world. What was that all about?" he asked."We should have the answer to that in the not-too-distant future and that will determine a lot how I feel about China," Trump said.When asked if President Xi misled him, Trump said, "Something happened. I don't say misleading or not. I'll let you know that. I mean, I'll be able to give you that answer at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future." The entire world has suffered as a result of this, he said."We have had tremendous death and tremendous sorrow, sadness, and nobody's ever seen anything like it. So, have most of the countries of the world. They've suffered tremendously. It's something that is going to have to be dealt with. We'll have to see," said the president. LKJ TIRTIR

Coronavirus originated from China's Wuhan lab: Trump

By Lalit K Jha(Eds: Adds more inputs) Washington, Apr 18 () The US is looking into reports that the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 150,000 people globally, "escaped" from a virology laboratory in China's Wuhan city, President Donald Trump has said.The US has been conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the deadly virus "escaped" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Fox News said in an exclusive report, adding that intelligence operatives were reportedly gathering information about the laboratory and the initial outbreak of the pathogen."We're looking at it, a lot of people are looking at it. It seems to make sense," Trump told reporters at a White House news conference on Friday when asked if there was an investigation into whether the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. "They talk about a certain kind of bat, but that bat wasn't in that area if you can believe this," he claimed. "That bat wasn't sold at that wet zone.... That bat is 40 miles away."Intelligence analysts are piecing together a timeline of what the government knew and "creating an accurate picture of what happened", the news channel quoted sources as saying. "A lot of strange things are happening, but there is a lot of investigation going on and we are going to find out," Trump said. "All I can say is wherever it came from, came from China in whatever form, 184 countries now are suffering because of it." Trump added that the US would end its grant to a level-IV lab in Wuhan. "(The) Obama administration gave them a grant of USD 3.7 million," the president said. "We will end that grant very quickly." A group of more than half-a-dozen lawmakers sent a letter to House and Senate leadership, requesting them to ensure that no future coronavirus relief funds be appropriated to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Meanwhile, lawmaker James Smith accused China of indulging in covering up the issue of coronavirus. "The communist Chinese government's cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak allowed this virus to spread unchecked, threatening the health and stability of the free world. They must be held accountable," Smith said. "When people in Wuhan began to fall ill with a mysterious SARS-like illness, instead of working to contain the virus, the Chinese Communist Party ruthlessly worked to contain the spread of information. This secrecy endangered millions of lives," the Congressman said.China has denied covering up the extent of its coronavirus outbreak and accused the US of attempting to divert the public attention by insinuating that the virus originated from a Wuhan lab.The number of coronavirus cases in the US crossed 700,000 on Friday, while over 35,000 people have died of it, according to data maintained by Johns Hopkins University. LKJ HMB CPS AKJ CPS

Looking into reports that coronavirus 'escaped' from China's Wuhan lab: Trump

Berlin, May 10 (AP) The World Health Organisation has dismissed as "false allegations" a media report that it withheld information about the new coronavirus following pressure from China.The UN agency said in a statement late Saturday that a German magazine's report about a telephone conversation between WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Chinese President Xi Jinping on January 21 was "unfounded and untrue".Weekly Der Spiegel reported that Xi asked Tedros during the call to hold back information about human-to-human transmission of the virus and delay declaring a pandemic. The magazine quoted Germany's foreign intelligence agency, BND, which declined to comment on Sunday.Der Spiegel also claimed that the BND concluded up to six weeks of time to fight the outbreak had been lost due to China's information policy.The UN agency said Tedros and Xi "have never spoken by phone" and added that "such inaccurate reports distract and detract from WHO's and the world's efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic." It said that China confirmed human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus on January 20.WHO officials issued a statement two days later saying there was evidence of human-to-human transmission in Wuhan, but more investigation was necessary. The global body declared COVID-19 a pandemic on February 11.US President Donald Trump has been among the strongest critics of WHO's handling of the pandemic, accusing it of deference to China and ceasing payments to the agency. (AP) SCYSCY

WHO denies report of pressure from China to withhold coronavirus info

By K J M Varma Beijing, May 2 () The World Health Organisation has praised China for handling the coronavirus pandemic and said that the countries need to learn from Wuhan on how the epicentre of the virus was bringing the society back to normal, a day after US President Donald Trump likened the global health body to a public relations agency for Beijing.Trump on Thursday said the WHO should be "ashamed" of itself, as he compared the UN's health organ to a public relations agency for China amidst the coronavirus pandemic after it originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.The Trump administration has launched a probe into the role of the WHO on coronavirus, and has temporarily suspended the US' financial assistance to it.Many countries, including Germany, Britain and Australia, are blaming China for the spread of coronavirus, that has killed over 2,35,000 people globally, including 64,000 Americans, and has infected 3.3 million.Noting that there are zero COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, Maria van Kerkhove, the technical lead for the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme at a virtual press briefing in Geneva, said, "that's very very welcome news to hear that there are no more severe cases, no more patients in Wuhan.""So congratulations on this achievement," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted her as saying on Saturday."The world has learned from China and we need to continue to learn from Wuhan on how they are lifting those measures, how they are bringing society back to normal, or a new normal, in terms of how we're going to live with this virus going forward," she said.Health officials in Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged in December last year, said all COVID-19 cases were cleared from hospitals on Sunday.The Hubei province and its capital Wuhan have not reported coronavirus cases for 28 consecutive days since April 4, the local health commission said on Saturday.The central province also lowered its emergency level from highest to next level on Saturday.The lowering of the emergency level shows a major breakthrough in Hubei's prevention and control against COVID-19, Vice-Governor of Hubei Yang Yunyan told the media on Friday.The province, however, reported 647 asymptomatic cases, which are under medical observation. Hubei has so far reported 68,128 confirmed COVID-19 cases in total, including 50,333 in Wuhan.Amid criticism of under reporting of cases, Wuhan on April 17 revised its death toll by 50 per cent, taking the number of fatalities to 3,869.The death toll in China stood at 4,633 as of Thursday, with 82,874 overall confirmed cases.As one of the China-WHO joint experts, who visited China in February for a field study, van Kerkhove said, "China has worked very hard to bring the outbreak under control.""I was there for two weeks and working directly with ministry officials, and officials from all different sectors, from hospitals, through communities, to really see what was put in place to bring those numbers down," she said.Van Kerkhove said she appreciated the "tireless efforts" of the people in Wuhan -- "not just the healthcare workers but the individuals who stayed in their homes, who adhered to the public health measures.""We take our hats off to you, and we thank you for your commitment and your service, and for sharing with us in the world what you've been able to do," she said.She also asked people in Wuhan to "remain vigilant," in case new cases appear. KJV RS AKJ RS

Amid attack from Trump, WHO praises China for handling coronavirus pandemic

Shanghai, Apr 9 (AFP) Chinese women's football star Wang Shuang will finally reunite with the national team after two months stranded at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan, state media said.The 25-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder will bolster a squad due to play off against South Korea over two legs for Asia's final qualifying place at the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed for a year to 2021.In February, Wuhan native Wang was pictured kicking a ball on a rooftop while on lockdown in the city of 11 million people as she attempted to keep up her fitness.Wuhan, where the virus was first identified, led the world with an unprecedented total lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.On Wednesday, tens of thousands of people fled the city when a 76-day travel ban was lifted.Xinhua news agency said that Wang and two other players stranded in Wuhan, Yao Wei and Lu Yueyun, would join the squad in Suzhou to prepare for the playoff. The first leg has been tentatively scheduled in Korea on June 4.But the trio will first undergo a further 14-day quarantine period on arrival in Suzhou, Sina Sports said.Wang, the undoubted star of the Chinese side, has won more than 100 caps. She spent a year in the French capital with PSG before returning to Chinese football in July last year.Wang scored eight goals and contributed seven assists in 27 matches for PSG. (AFP) APAAPA

China's ex-PSG star Wang freed from Wuhan coronavirus lockdown

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A seven-month old baby recovers from Coronavirus at Chongqing in China

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Non-Chinese citizens taking a direct flight from the US to <keyword id="1334" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="China">China</keyword> will need to provide negative <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> test results, China's US embassy announced <a href="http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/zyxx/t1812479.htm">in a notice on Friday</a></li><li>Starting on September 15, China-bound flight passengers from the US will need coronavirus test results issued within three days of boarding, according to the notice. </li><li>In early June, the US <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-will-allow-limited-flights-by-chinese-airlines-not-a-ban-2020-6">dialed back from intended plans</a> to ban Chinese airlines from flying to the US shortly after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-eases-flight-curbs-after-united-states-targets-its-carriers-2020-6">China eased airline restrictions</a> to allow more foreign flights into the country. </li></ul>Passengers flying from the US to China will be required to provide negative coronavirus test results issued within 72 hours of boarding, according to a new notice <a href="http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/zyxx/t1812479.htm">from China's embassy in the US</a> on Friday. Effective September 15th, non-Chinese citizens who take a direct China-bound flight from the US will need to provide negative test results ahead of boarding, according to the notice. Passengers who are transiting in the US are required to present a verified Health Declaration Form to the airlines, the notice stated. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-china-entering-new-cold-war-amid-coronavirus-2020-5">Tensions between the US and China</a> have heightened during the coronavirus pandemic, and have manifested between the two nations' airlines. In early June<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-to-ban-chinese-airlines-from-flying-to-us-2020-6">, the Trump administration intended to ban Chinese airlines</a> from entering the US as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/business/trump-china-flights-ban.html?login=email&amp;auth=login-emailmail">China tightened restrictions for foreign flights</a> from entering the country. The US government claimed the Chinese government "made it impossible for US airlines to resume service to China," <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-accuses-china-of-blocking-u-s-flights-demands-action-idUSKBN22Z04W">according to a Reuters report.</a>After <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-eases-flight-curbs-after-united-states-targets-its-carriers-2020-6">China eased airline restrictions</a> to allow more China-bound foreign flights to enter, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-will-allow-limited-flights-by-chinese-airlines-not-a-ban-2020-6">the US dialed back its original plans to ban</a> to allow a limited number of Chinese airlines to operate flights to the US. Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases in the US remains high — a total of 6.2 million coronavirus cases were confirmed as of Friday, according to <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map">Johns Hopkins University.</a> Meanwhile, China confirmed a total of 90,008 cases, according to <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map">Johns Hopkins University.</a> In Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-us-has-the-worst-coronavirus-response-in-the-world-2020-9#in-wuhan-china-more-than-1-million-children-went-back-to-school-this-week-1">more than 1 million children have resumed in-person classes.</a><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-us-has-the-worst-coronavirus-response-in-the-world-2020-9">Photos from 10 countries around the world show why most Americans say they are 'embarrassed' by the US coronavirus response</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-china-entering-new-cold-war-amid-coronavirus-2020-5">The US and China are on the brink of a new Cold War that could devastate the global economy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-majority-of-americans-blame-china-for-spread-2020-7">More than three-quarters of Americans blame China for the spread of the coronavirus around the world, survey finds</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intel-local-officials-withheld-information-on-coronavirus-threat-nyt-2020-8">Local officials in Wuhan, China, withheld information from Beijing on the threat of the coronavirus, US intel reportedly finds</a></li></ul>

A negative coronavirus test result will be required to board a flight to China from the US

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A father from Shanghai, China, designed a "baby pod" to protect his infant child from the coronavirus.</li><li>The isolation pod pumps purified air into the pod and has built-in rubber gloves to prevent skin contact.</li><li>Inventor Cao Junjie spent a month making it out of a cat carrier backpack.</li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsiderToday/">View more episodes of Business Insider Today on Facebook.</a></li></ul>One father in China has gone to extreme lengths to protect his 2-month-old child from the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-news">coronavirus</a>.Cao Junjie, a 30-year-old dad from Shanghai, recently built an "isolation pod" in which to carry his child outside.It's just one example of how life in China has been altered by the coronavirus. <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">More than 80,000 cases of the virus</a> have been confirmed in China since it was discovered there late last year, although US officials believe <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-found-china-misrepresented-coronavirus-stats-report-2020-4">many more cases have gone unreported</a>.As the pandemic worsened, Cao spent a month transforming a cat carrier backpack into a baby safety pod.The pod, worn like a backpack, pumps purified air into the pod from an electronic fan system, and a carbon dioxide monitor measures the air quality inside. He installed rubber gloves that reach inside the pod to prevent skin-to-skin contact."It can offer a totally isolated environment when going out," Cao <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-baby-pod/chinese-father-builds-baby-pod-to-protect-infant-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C290">told Reuters</a>. "It can provide a safe and comfortable environment for the baby."Babies are not considered high-risk for the virus - research has found the vast majority of children experience<a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/3/23/21190033/coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-by-age"> mild symptoms</a>, and few require hospitalization.But it was still important to these parents that they find an alternative to a mask. "The mask can affect his breathing, so it's dangerous," Cao's wife, Fang Lulu, told Reuters. I think this thing he has made is pretty safe. We have tried it several times, so I trust it."The device hasn't won over experts - one Wisconsin pediatrician <a href="https://www.facebook.com/313820309356251/videos/3028751857183769/">told Business Insider Today</a> that "if there's a malfunction, I worry about the child's air supply." Cao said he plans to produce more pods with varying sizes. <h2>Here's how the baby pod works.</h2>Do you have a personal experience with the coronavirus you'd like to share? Or a tip on how your town or community is handling the pandemic? Please email <a href="mailto:covidtips@businessinsider.com">covidtips@businessinsider.com</a> and tell us your story.And get the latest <a href="/coronavirus-business-impact">coronavirus analysis and research</a> from Business Insider Intelligence on how COVID-19 is impacting businesses.

This dad from China invented a 'baby pod' backpack to protect his child from the coronavirus

By K J M Varma(Eds: Changing headline) Beijing, Apr 16 () China on Thursday dispatched 650,000 coronavirus medical kits to India to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri said.Over two million test kits being procured from China will be sent to India in the next 15 days, he told here."#IndiaFightsCoronavirus A total of 650,000 kits, including Rapid Antibody Tests and RNA Extraction Kits have been despatched early today from Guangzhou Airport to #India," Misri tweeted on Thursday.As its factories resumed operations after over a two-month grim battle against the coronavirus, China is busy tapping into the vast business opportunities of export of key medical goods, especially ventilators and personal protection equipment (PPE), across the world, including India, where both private and government bodies are placing orders for the import of these products.Two major consignments of medical kits were reported to have been sent to India from China earlier as part of efforts to step up testing specially in hotspots during the current lockdown in the country.India has extended its ongoing lockdown to fight the coronavirus till May 3. It has reported 414 deaths due to the disease and 12,380 people have been infected by the disease in the country.Considering the importance, Misri said the Indian Embassy is facilitating commercial procurements besides coordinating flight linkages for their timely arrival in India.On Tuesday, Misri told media here that India has placed orders to procure 15 million personal protection gear from China for medical personnel treating COVID-19 patients besides three million testing kits.The orders are being placed with bonafide firms with the help of the Chinese government."I think facilitation of our needs and our requirements in a timely manner, in a smooth manner, on a predictable timeline at prices that are stable and orderly, would be the best signal possible to send for the India-China relationship," Misri said.As demand for Chinese medical supplies scaled up due to the spread of the virus in several parts of world, China on Wednesday asked all the countries to import these items through reputed Chinese firms cleared by the government and vowed to punish those involved in counterfeit behaviour.Responding to questions about quality concerns raised by several countries related to medical equipment imports from China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here on Wednesday that the Chinese government is facilitating the orderly exports."We hope foreign buyers can choose products from companies that have been accredited by Chinese regulators with good production credentials," he said. KJV RS AKJ RSRS

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