China’s National Health Commission reported 648 new confirmed cases, and 97 additional deaths as of Feb. 22. That brings the mainland’s total to 76,936 cases, and 2,442 deaths.  A Texas-based genetic engineering company is claiming to have a vaccine for the new coronavirus. Greffex Inc. CEO told the Houston Business […]

 China’s National Health Commission reported an additional 109 deaths, almost all in Hubei province. That brings the country’s death toll to 2,345 people, according to government data. As of the end of Friday, the new coronavirus has infected another 397 people with China’s total confirmed cases at 76,288.  In the […]

 Chinese officials announced that there were 889 new cases of the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, raising the overall total above 75,000. The death toll went up by 118, to 2,236.  South Korea has become one of the worst affected places outside mainland China, reporting 52 new cases and […]

 China’s Hubei province reported an additional 91 deaths and 2,618 new confirmed cases related to coronavirus. The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 910 people globally, the vast majority in mainland China, and infected more than 40,000 people.  Petitions calling for freedom of speech spread in China. Chinese academics, professionals and others […]

 As of Saturday, China reported 811 deaths from the epidemic and said more than 37,000 people have become ill from the coronavirus. The coronavirus death toll now exceeds the 774 deaths caused by the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus in over two dozen nations in 2002 and 2003.  A […]

 86 people died in a single day in China on Friday. That brings the coronavirus death toll up to more than 720 people, and all but two of those died in mainland China. Globally, the virus has infected more 34,500 people across 27 countries and territories.  An American citizen has […]

 China says the total number of deaths in the country rose to 636 and the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 31,161. There are also more than 200 cases of infection outside China.  U.S. President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping Trump he is confident of China’s “strength and […]

 As of Wednesday night, China says a total of 28,248 cases have been confirmed and 563 people have died in the country.  Health officials in Wisconsin confirmed its first case of coronavirus Wednesday, raising the total number of cases in the U.S. to 12.  The virus has been confirmed in […]

 China National Health Commission said that as of Tuesday night, a total of 24,324 cases have been confirmed and 490 people have died in the country, with no sign of a slowdown.  On Tuesday, health officials released details of the deaths so far, saying that two-thirds of them were men. […]

 The coronavirus outbreak has killed at least 426 people and infected more than 20,400 globally as it continues to spread beyond China. “There’s no sign that it’s getting better,” said Leo Poon, division head of the public health laboratory sciences department at the University of Hong Kong.  Some deaths still […]

 The coronavirus outbreak has killed at least 362 people and infected more than 17,384 globally, as it continues to spread beyond China. One person outside mainland China, a man in the Philippines, has died.  11 cases have now been confirmed in the U.S. The husband recently traveled from the central […]

 Possible Cases of Coronavirus Under Review in Dallas.  Trump administration declares coronavirus emergency, orders first quarantine in 50 years.  Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday approved Department of Defense (DoD) housing at four military bases for 1,000 people who may have to be quarantined as a result of the coronavirus, […]