Created by: Danielle Orr and Paola Floro. Several research facilities are working alongside international organizations and governments in the global effort to make a vaccine to curb the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The virus has killed 427 people...
Coronavirus has shocked the worldwide populous. The speed at which the disease spreads has been alarming. As of February 4th, 2020, there have been 20,630 confirmed cases of coronavirus. There have been 23 countries with confirmed cases of...
The World Health Organization has asked countries to refrain from increasing “fear and stigma” in the international community by imposing travel and trade restrictions. On the other hand, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
From being unable to produce work to having to feed 41 million people, China has begun to face monetary setbacks. China is one of the world’s biggest export hubs, its greatest strength is manufacturing and export. In 2002, when a fatal...
Photo of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridgesource: Photo courtesy of Pixabay The World Health Organization has decidedly said the coronavirus is not a pandemic. In a press conference Tuesday, the agency said they are hopeful that the virus can be...
History is repeating itself, albeit in novel ways. Novel coronavirus, believed to have spread from China’s Wuhan, has killed 494 people and has infected over 20,000 people across 25 countries so far. The virus is proving to be yet another zoonotic...
WHO’s line is it anyway? After the World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the novel Coronavirus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. This body of health officials has since encouraged...
Canada is prepared to tackle the Coronavirus if required. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, has said that Canadians are being watched for signs of the Coronavirus that may have developed in Wuhan, China. A handful of people from Quebec, Vancouver...