With almost all parts of the world, except perhaps Antarctica, now reporting the spread of the coronavirus, disrupting the global economy and threatening the national security of several nations, it is essential to trace the origins of the crisis and flag the criminal negligence of the Chinese state in allowing the outbreak of the pandemic.
It is clear that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus—calling it the Chinese virus would be more appropriate—began in China in December 2019. The Chinese authorities say it most likely originated at Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market. From all available accounts, the first documented case with the symptoms was detected on December 7, 2019. However, China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about patients inflicted with a mysterious pneumonia only on December 31. After the first 41 laboratory-confirmed cases were identified on January 2, 2020, officials announced no new cases for the next 16 days, then reported 17 additional lab-confirmed cases on January 18. Read More…
