2026-10-07
The World Health Organization says it has been in touch with Russian authorities and is tracking developments following the death of a female staff member at a plague research center in the Irkutsk region of Siberia.
2026-10-07
Russian officials said that 5000 tests had been carried out on the relevant laboratory and no dangerous pathogens were found, while the World Health Organization continues to press Russia for information.
2026-10-06
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow publicly announced deaths from a rat lung disease and quarantine measures, calling on U.S. citizens to cancel trips to Russia immediately or leave as soon as possible.
2026-10-05
Researchers died at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia, Russia, and nearly 200 people are under medical observation. Trump said at the White House that he is following the matter and is ready to provide assistance at any time.
2026-10-02
A 28-year-old female researcher in Siberia, Russia, is suspected to have died of plague or an unknown lung disease contracted in a laboratory accident, triggering local quarantine and official post deletions and censorship.
2026-10-02
Daria, a 28-year-old female lab technician at Russia's Irkutsk Plague Research Institute, died of severe pneumonia. The laboratory had previously handled Yersinia pestis and may have broken a test tube.
2026-10-01
According to data released by the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo on October 1, the country's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, making it the fastest-spreading outbreak in history.
2026-07-13
According to sentinel surveillance data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the 29th week of 2026 (July 13 to 19), the COVID-19 test positivity rate in China surpassed that of influenza, remaining the leading respiratory pathogen for several consecutive weeks.
2026-09-09
Some communities in Huizhou, Guangdong, have set up nucleic acid monitoring points due to confirmed cases of Chikungunya fever, requiring full nucleic acid testing, which has caused panic among netizens.
2026-09
Guangzhou's large-scale mosquito eradication campaign triggers public skepticism and satirical associations
2026-08-26
A topic appeared on Baidu Hot Search: "Rumors circulating online that COVID in August is very serious and that there is a variant strain are false."
2026-08-22
A dead pig that drifted ashore from the seabed and tested positive for African Swine Fever was found on the coast of Kinmen. Starting today, Kinmen pork and processed products are banned from being shipped to the main island and other outlying islands.
2026-08-21
China's National Health Commission held a press conference to address claims circulating on social media that COVID-19 in August is caused by a new and more severe strain.
2026-08-13
On August 13, 2026, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 522,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide in July, including 487 severe cases and 1 death, 6.6 times the figure for June.
2026-08-05
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading at an unprecedented rate; government data shows 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,751 deaths.
2026-08-04
Jean Kaseya, Director of the Africa CDC, visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo, stating that they will work with the World Health Organization to trace cases and contacts, protect medical personnel, and strengthen community testing and care.
2026-08
The US CIA declassified and released a report acknowledging that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is highly likely the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Yan pointed out that this corroborates years of investigative findings.
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2026-08-01
MedSci reported that a doctor in Liaoning revealed that recently COVID-19 and influenza A and B cases have broken out in clusters in the department, and antiviral drug consumption has surged.
2026-07-30
China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention released monitoring data showing that the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests rose from July 20 to July 26, up 4 percentage points compared with the previous week, with the dominant strain being NB.1.8.1.
2026-07-30
China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on July 30 that from July 20 to 26, the COVID-19 positivity rate among influenza-like cases in outpatient and emergency visits at sentinel hospitals nationwide rose to 20.3%, up 4 percentage points from the previous week.
2026-07-30
On July 30, 2026, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released surveillance data showing that the positivity rate for COVID-19 among influenza-like cases in outpatient and emergency departments of sentinel hospitals nationwide climbed to 20.3%, with fever clinic patients increasing significantly in Guangdong, Henan and many other places.
2026-07-22
A restaurant owner in Guangxi posted on WeChat Moments that all staff in the restaurant had been infected with COVID-19, so the restaurant took a break and closed down, with the reopening time to be determined.
2026-06-24
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that a confirmed case of Ebola has been discovered in mainland France. The patient is a doctor who returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the global risk remains low.
2026-06-18
The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence publicly stated that coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology was funded by the United States, and this research is now widely regarded as the source of the accidental laboratory leak and the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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2026-06
A non-governmental organization medical worker who cared for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been diagnosed after returning to France and is currently under monitoring and treatment.
2026-05-14
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say that since the outbreak began in mid-May, at least 3,800 cases and approximately 1,707 deaths have been confirmed, with more than 700 patients currently in isolation and treatment.
2026-01
According to a report by Economic Observer, from January to February 2026, the nationwide total volume of voluntary blood donations fell 9.8% year-on-year; the number of blood donation visits by college students dropped from 2.366 million in 2023 to 1.06 million in 2025.
2025
In 2025, the World Health Organization disclosed that China still had not provided hundreds of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from the early stage of the outbreak, data on animals sold at Wuhan markets, and information on research content and biosafety conditions at Wuhan laboratories; Tedros said all origin hypotheses must continue to be considered.
2022-03-28
Shanghai implemented a lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, with residents restricted from going out; the program said the doors of some residents had been welded shut.
2020-04-28
In order to reveal the truth about the virus to the world, Li-Meng Yan successfully escaped Hong Kong and arrived in the United States at the end of April 2020, after which she was interviewed multiple times by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and deemed credible.
2020-02-24
The joint expert team from China and the WHO held a press conference in Beijing, praising the public health response measures taken by China for effectively blocking human-to-human transmission of the virus.
2020-02-10
An advance team of WHO experts led by Assistant Director-General Bruce Aylward arrived in China to conduct an investigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-01-03
The video says that after Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang warned about the spread of the virus and conditions in the hospital, he was ordered to receive an admonition, write and sign a confession statement; the incident subsequently drew international attention.
2019-12-31
A Taiwanese medical team sent information to the World Health Organization about China's mystery pneumonia and possible human-to-human transmission; the anchor said the WHO initially did not respond.
2019-12-30
Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, posted news in a WeChat group about confirmed SARS and coronavirus cases at the Huanan Seafood Market, for which he was subsequently investigated by the Public Security Bureau and issued a reprimand letter.
2019-12
Leo Poon, an expert at the HKU WHO reference laboratory, instructed Yan Limeng to conduct a confidential investigation into the novel virus outbreak in Wuhan, while warning her not to cross the red line.
2018-03-17
About two years before the outbreak of the pandemic, Xi Jinping reorganized the government and established the Ministry of Emergency Management, centralizing power and funds; this network was later used for control and profiteering in the anti-epidemic campaign.