Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
12 February 2020 - China Special Weapons News
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- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Daily Briefing Online on February 12, 2020 PRC MofA 12 Feb 2020
- Caution urged despite signs of fewer new cases Global Times 12 Feb 2020 -- More positive signs have emerged as cities nationwide have enhanced measures to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak, sparking more speculation on when the inflection point would come. Some analysts urged continuous vigilance as it is still too early to draw a conclusion due to lack of effective therapeutics against the virus.
- Xi chairs leadership meeting on epidemic control Global Times 12 Feb 2020 -- The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Wednesday held a meeting on the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus or COVID-19.
- China sees rising recovery rate of COVID-19 patients People's Daily 12 Feb 2020 -- The proportion of patients who recovered from the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) in China had increased to 10.6 percent on Tuesday from the lowest 1.3 percent on Jan. 27, Mi Feng, an official with the National Health Commission, said Wednesday.
- New confirmed coronavirus infections drop by nearly half in China: spokesperson People's Daily 12 Feb 2020 -- The number of daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection fell from a peak of 3,887 on Feb. 4 to 2,015 on Tuesday, with a decrease of 48.2 percent, according to the National Health Commission (NHC).
- Coronavirus-hit city near Wuhan sacks derelict officials People's Daily 12 Feb 2020 -- Enshi in China's coronavirus-stricken province of Hubei punished eight government officials over incompetent control of the epidemic.
- Makeshift hospital in Wuhan accepts over 900 patients infected with coronavirus People's Daily 12 Feb 2020 -- A total of 925 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been admitted to a 1,000-bed hospital built in 10 days in Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus outbreak, as of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
- Wuhan sends 34,000 gov't workers, Party members to fight coronavirus in communities People's Daily 12 Feb 2020 -- Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has mobilized more than 34,000 officials, government workers and Communist Party of China members into its 1,100 communities to fight the epidemic.
- Chinese Propaganda Featuring Tibetan Nurse Debunked as COVID-19 Cases Increase Radio Free Asia 12 Feb 2020 -- A Chinese state TV effort to turn a Tibetan nurse from a remote corner of Qinghai province into a heroic volunteer fighting the coronavirus in Wuhan fizzled this week when her relatives said she was ordered to go to the epicenter of the epidemic in Hubei province.
- New Virus Cases In China Fall Again As Deaths Exceed 1,100 RFE/RL 12 Feb 2020 -- China's National Health Commission reported 97 new coronavirus deaths on February 11 for the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities nationwide to 1,113.
- China's Guangdong Passes Emergency Law Allowing Seizure of Private Property, Goods Radio Free Asia 12 Feb 2020 -- The widespread requisitioning of private property by the Chinese government for use as isolation facilities in the coronavirus epidemic has sparked fears that officials will abuse their powers, as the number of confirmed cases topped 45,000.
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