#DailyUpdate #Apr4 #COVID19
COVID-19 Updates (4/4)
At the time of writing, 1,141,375 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed 205 countries and territories with 61,205 deaths. The US, Spain, Italy, and Germany are the worst affected countries by this pandemic.
Malawi has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus.
France has now overtaken China's official number in terms of the number of confirmed cases.
China reports 19 new cases, all but one imported from overseas.
India reports more than 600 new cases in a day, many linked to a religious gathering.
Japan recorded 314 new cases of the novel coronavirus and six more deaths on Friday, according to the country's Health Ministry.
The rate of daily new coronavirus cases has slowed in Thailand, according to the country's Ministry of Public Health.
London mayor warns public spaces will only remain open if stay-at-home rules are followed.
The Spanish government is set to extend the nationwide "state of alarm" introduced on March 14 for a second time, until April 26.
UK's lockdown will remain in place for weeks one of the country’s leading epidemiologists has said.
Pakistan's Prime Minister says countries are "walking a tightrope" when it comes to Covid-19 response.
Corona beer stops production in Mexico.
Australia's immigration chief tells tourists: Take the next flight home.
Passengers from all nationalities have been permitted to transit through Bahrain International Airport starting on April 3, Bahrain News Agency reported Saturday.
Thailand suspends international flight arrivals.
The Fiji government announced a lockdown of part of the Soasoa region on Vanua Levu island.
Doctors say India must prepare for an "onslaught" as crowded slum reports first coronavirus death.
Hawaii activates the National Guard for coronavirus response.
South Korean president is "grief stricken" over the country's first coronavirus death of a medical worker.
Source: CNN, Worldometer
COVID-19 Updates (4/4)
At the time of writing, 1,141,375 cases of the coronavirus had been confirmed 205 countries and territories with 61,205 deaths. The US, Spain, Italy, and Germany are the worst affected countries by this pandemic.
Malawi has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus.
France has now overtaken China's official number in terms of the number of confirmed cases.
China reports 19 new cases, all but one imported from overseas.
India reports more than 600 new cases in a day, many linked to a religious gathering.
Japan recorded 314 new cases of the novel coronavirus and six more deaths on Friday, according to the country's Health Ministry.
The rate of daily new coronavirus cases has slowed in Thailand, according to the country's Ministry of Public Health.
London mayor warns public spaces will only remain open if stay-at-home rules are followed.
The Spanish government is set to extend the nationwide "state of alarm" introduced on March 14 for a second time, until April 26.
UK's lockdown will remain in place for weeks one of the country’s leading epidemiologists has said.
Pakistan's Prime Minister says countries are "walking a tightrope" when it comes to Covid-19 response.
Corona beer stops production in Mexico.
Australia's immigration chief tells tourists: Take the next flight home.
Passengers from all nationalities have been permitted to transit through Bahrain International Airport starting on April 3, Bahrain News Agency reported Saturday.
Thailand suspends international flight arrivals.
The Fiji government announced a lockdown of part of the Soasoa region on Vanua Levu island.
Doctors say India must prepare for an "onslaught" as crowded slum reports first coronavirus death.
Hawaii activates the National Guard for coronavirus response.
South Korean president is "grief stricken" over the country's first coronavirus death of a medical worker.
Source: CNN, Worldometer
Recently Resigned Information Officer from Chief Executive's Office Falls from Height
A 32-year-old man, surnamed Tam, fell to his death from his home in Tseung Kwan O in the afternoon of April 4, 2020. No testament was found at the scene. The police said there was no suspicion about the case.
Tam used to work as an information officer at the Chief Executive's Office. He recently resigned and left his position early on 30 March, 2020, after paying his notice period amount. He was in charge of writing news release for the activities attended by Chief Executive Carrie Lam. According to sources, he had been working under great pressure.
Source: Stand News; MingPao #Apr4
#Death #ChiefExecutiveOffice #CarrieLam
A 32-year-old man, surnamed Tam, fell to his death from his home in Tseung Kwan O in the afternoon of April 4, 2020. No testament was found at the scene. The police said there was no suspicion about the case.
Tam used to work as an information officer at the Chief Executive's Office. He recently resigned and left his position early on 30 March, 2020, after paying his notice period amount. He was in charge of writing news release for the activities attended by Chief Executive Carrie Lam. According to sources, he had been working under great pressure.
Source: Stand News; MingPao #Apr4
#Death #ChiefExecutiveOffice #CarrieLam
Citizens Bring Protest-related Objects as Offerings in Cemetery Visit
April 4 is the Qing Ming Festival where people visit the cemetry as a tradition. Despite the menace of the coronavirus pandemic, over 1000 citizens went to the Sandy Ridge Cemetery at the city's outskirt where unclaimed bodies were buried.
In front of the nameless tombstones with only date and a number, elderly in white hair recited sutras while the younger ones kneeled and bowed. People left flowers and objects symbolizing Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement such as yellow umbrellas and helmets. Some brought beer as an offering while some lit candles.
A flag reading “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” was hung between the trees. Everyone has their way to mourn the deceased.
Since the Anti-Extradition Law Protests in 2019, there have been sayings about the deaths of protesters as unclaimed bodies and in unrevealed incidents.
Source: Stand News #Apr4
#QingMingFestival #Death #Cemetery
April 4 is the Qing Ming Festival where people visit the cemetry as a tradition. Despite the menace of the coronavirus pandemic, over 1000 citizens went to the Sandy Ridge Cemetery at the city's outskirt where unclaimed bodies were buried.
In front of the nameless tombstones with only date and a number, elderly in white hair recited sutras while the younger ones kneeled and bowed. People left flowers and objects symbolizing Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement such as yellow umbrellas and helmets. Some brought beer as an offering while some lit candles.
A flag reading “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” was hung between the trees. Everyone has their way to mourn the deceased.
Since the Anti-Extradition Law Protests in 2019, there have been sayings about the deaths of protesters as unclaimed bodies and in unrevealed incidents.
Source: Stand News #Apr4
#QingMingFestival #Death #Cemetery
#ChinesePneumonia #CCP #XiJinping
Black or White? Xi is the Only One in Color: "Our Great Leaders Are Greater Than The Sacrifices of The Dead"
The Chinese Communist Party said the country would mourn the deaths due to the coronavirus outbreak on April 4, 2020. In doing so, the Foreign Ministry turned their homepage black and white; however, pictures with the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping and PRC's premier Li Kexiang remained in color, creating a huge contrast to the intent to mourn.
Questions are also raised concerning the political agenda behind the mere act of commemoration. On the eve of the global outbreak, Chinese state media has blamed the U.S. for spreading the coronavirus and revised previous news on the discovery of the Wuhan pneumonia (COVID19) in China in 2019. Recently, videos and reports disclosed how people in China celebrated the calamities due to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. and Japan.
Source: Apple Daily
#Apr4
Black or White? Xi is the Only One in Color: "Our Great Leaders Are Greater Than The Sacrifices of The Dead"
The Chinese Communist Party said the country would mourn the deaths due to the coronavirus outbreak on April 4, 2020. In doing so, the Foreign Ministry turned their homepage black and white; however, pictures with the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping and PRC's premier Li Kexiang remained in color, creating a huge contrast to the intent to mourn.
Questions are also raised concerning the political agenda behind the mere act of commemoration. On the eve of the global outbreak, Chinese state media has blamed the U.S. for spreading the coronavirus and revised previous news on the discovery of the Wuhan pneumonia (COVID19) in China in 2019. Recently, videos and reports disclosed how people in China celebrated the calamities due to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. and Japan.
Source: Apple Daily
#Apr4
#CCP #ChinesePneumonia
Chinese Government Turns Radar Map into Black and White to Mourn Wuhan Pneumonia Deaths
The Chinese government staged a national mourning for the deceased Wuhan pneumonia patients on April 4, the Qing Ming Festival according to the Chinese almanac where people traditionally pay respect to the deceased.
On this day in 2020, the Chinese authorities forbade entertainment and social activities and lowered the flags in all government buildings. Many government websites including were turned into black and white. Whereas weather and radar maps lost their functions after being turned into black and white, Xi Jinping stayed in color on the webpage of the Foreign Ministry.
Wuhan pneumonia appeared in China since 2019 and Wuhan was the epicenter. The Chinese government has reported over 80,000 confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths.
Source: DB Channel #Apr4
Black or White? Xi is the Only One in Color: "Our Great Leaders Are Greater Than The Sacrifices of The Dead"
Chinese Government Turns Radar Map into Black and White to Mourn Wuhan Pneumonia Deaths
The Chinese government staged a national mourning for the deceased Wuhan pneumonia patients on April 4, the Qing Ming Festival according to the Chinese almanac where people traditionally pay respect to the deceased.
On this day in 2020, the Chinese authorities forbade entertainment and social activities and lowered the flags in all government buildings. Many government websites including were turned into black and white. Whereas weather and radar maps lost their functions after being turned into black and white, Xi Jinping stayed in color on the webpage of the Foreign Ministry.
Wuhan pneumonia appeared in China since 2019 and Wuhan was the epicenter. The Chinese government has reported over 80,000 confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths.
Source: DB Channel #Apr4
Black or White? Xi is the Only One in Color: "Our Great Leaders Are Greater Than The Sacrifices of The Dead"
#AsiasFinest #PoliceState #Drunk
Plainclothed Police Reek of Alcohol and Assault Civilians
According to Cheung Chau District Councillor Leung Kwok-ho, a group of suspected plainclothes police, reek of alcohol argued with a civilian outside a convenient store on April 3.
The civilian was brought to a pier and beaten up by these men severely. These men yelled at onlookers and prevent witnesses from gathering. One man purportedly kicked the onlookers, as he shout, “Go! Go away, or I will beat you up too!” The men later boarded a police vessel and left the island.
The Police Public Relations Branch claimed that the Marine Police conducted an anti-crime operation at the public pier at around 11pm on April 3. They intercepted two suspicious persons, who were suspected of Triad background, and one had a heavy smell of alcohol.
The police force did not clarify if civilians had been assaulted and if the officers gathering for BBQ and drinks had respected the anti-epidemic laws.
Source: Stand News #Apr4
Plainclothed Police Reek of Alcohol and Assault Civilians
According to Cheung Chau District Councillor Leung Kwok-ho, a group of suspected plainclothes police, reek of alcohol argued with a civilian outside a convenient store on April 3.
The civilian was brought to a pier and beaten up by these men severely. These men yelled at onlookers and prevent witnesses from gathering. One man purportedly kicked the onlookers, as he shout, “Go! Go away, or I will beat you up too!” The men later boarded a police vessel and left the island.
The Police Public Relations Branch claimed that the Marine Police conducted an anti-crime operation at the public pier at around 11pm on April 3. They intercepted two suspicious persons, who were suspected of Triad background, and one had a heavy smell of alcohol.
The police force did not clarify if civilians had been assaulted and if the officers gathering for BBQ and drinks had respected the anti-epidemic laws.
Source: Stand News #Apr4
#WuhanPneumonia #CoronavirusPandemic
Swedish Newspaper Condemns China’s misinformation and manipulation of data, calling the pandemic a “Jin-ping Coronavirus”
On March 30, Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri published an article written by independent journalist Johan Nylander. The article discusses that the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping should be held responsible for the global coronavirus pandemic, as the Chinese government manipulated data and disseminated misinformation about the “origin of the virus”.
The article was published with an image where Xi’s face was overlaid onto a Coronavirus cell, referring it to the “Jin-ping Coronavirus”.
In response, the Chinese Embassy in Sweden criticized the Swedish media and the author for "despising science".
Source: RFI #Apr4
Swedish Newspaper Condemns China’s misinformation and manipulation of data, calling the pandemic a “Jin-ping Coronavirus”
On March 30, Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri published an article written by independent journalist Johan Nylander. The article discusses that the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping should be held responsible for the global coronavirus pandemic, as the Chinese government manipulated data and disseminated misinformation about the “origin of the virus”.
The article was published with an image where Xi’s face was overlaid onto a Coronavirus cell, referring it to the “Jin-ping Coronavirus”.
In response, the Chinese Embassy in Sweden criticized the Swedish media and the author for "despising science".
Source: RFI #Apr4
#WhiteTerror #Showbiz
Pro-democracy Actor Prepares to be Sacked by Pro-Beijing TV Channel in Hong Kong
"White terror" in Hong Kong has spreaded to civil servants, medical staff, educators and now showbiz celebrities.
As a contract actor in TVB, a pro-China free-to-air TV channel in Hong Kong, Lee yuk-sing, aged 28, sounded out his departure in distress. Lee explained that he was prepared to be sacked by TVB, like “all those who have publicly supported pro-democracy movement.”
Lee has openly supported the pro-democracy protests and shared political slogans like “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times” on his Facebook.
Source: Apple Daily
https://bit.ly/2UZsoVA
#Apr4 #HongKongProtests #TVB #FreeSpeech
Pro-democracy Actor Prepares to be Sacked by Pro-Beijing TV Channel in Hong Kong
"White terror" in Hong Kong has spreaded to civil servants, medical staff, educators and now showbiz celebrities.
As a contract actor in TVB, a pro-China free-to-air TV channel in Hong Kong, Lee yuk-sing, aged 28, sounded out his departure in distress. Lee explained that he was prepared to be sacked by TVB, like “all those who have publicly supported pro-democracy movement.”
Lee has openly supported the pro-democracy protests and shared political slogans like “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times” on his Facebook.
Source: Apple Daily
https://bit.ly/2UZsoVA
#Apr4 #HongKongProtests #TVB #FreeSpeech
#Court #PoliceState
More pro-democracy youngsters jailed for rioting in Hong Kong as the judge calls demonstration an infringement to other people's freedom
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr4
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More pro-democracy youngsters jailed for rioting in Hong Kong as the judge calls demonstration an infringement to other people's freedom
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr4
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More pro-democracy youngsters jailed for rioting in Hong Kong as the judge calls demonstration an infringement to other people's freedom
Five people have been sentenced to up to four and a half years over rioting charges relating to a protest in Wong Tai Sin during the anti-extradition movement in 2019.
Handing down the sentences on April 4, 2022 Judge Ernest Lin said the defendants – aged 19 to 30 – had turned the district into a battlefield.
He questioned these pro-democracy youngsters' ideal, saying that they have "sacrificed other people’s freedoms for their own ideals.”
Three defendants were jailed for between four years and three months to four years and six months, while the two younger defendants, aged 22 and 19, were sentenced to a detention centre and a training centre respectively.
Around 10,250 arrests have been made in connection with the protests and unrest of 2019. The demonstrations eased in early 2020 due to the Covid-19 outbreak and Beijing’s national security law, which activists say has been used by police to crack down on the pro-democracy movement.
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr4
https://bit.ly/3uPo6BX
More pro-democracy youngsters jailed for rioting in Hong Kong as the judge calls demonstration an infringement to other people's freedom
Five people have been sentenced to up to four and a half years over rioting charges relating to a protest in Wong Tai Sin during the anti-extradition movement in 2019.
Handing down the sentences on April 4, 2022 Judge Ernest Lin said the defendants – aged 19 to 30 – had turned the district into a battlefield.
He questioned these pro-democracy youngsters' ideal, saying that they have "sacrificed other people’s freedoms for their own ideals.”
Three defendants were jailed for between four years and three months to four years and six months, while the two younger defendants, aged 22 and 19, were sentenced to a detention centre and a training centre respectively.
Around 10,250 arrests have been made in connection with the protests and unrest of 2019. The demonstrations eased in early 2020 due to the Covid-19 outbreak and Beijing’s national security law, which activists say has been used by police to crack down on the pro-democracy movement.
Source: Inmediahk, #Apr4
https://bit.ly/3uPo6BX
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#OrganHarvesting
Research: Execution by organ procurement and Breaching the dead donor rule in China
In an academic paper published by Australia-based esearchers Matthew P. Robertson and Jacob Lavee in April 2022, the findings strongly suggest that physicians in the People's Republic of China (#PRC) have participated in executions by organ removal, breaching the #DeadDonorRule.
The study applies computational text analysis to conduct a forensic review of 2,838 papers drawn from a dataset of 124,770 Chinese-language transplant publications.
The algorithm searched for evidence of problematic declarations of brain death during organ procurement. The research team finds 71 reports where brain death could not have properly been declared, and these organ donors could only have been prisoners in China.
Read the entire essay:
https://bit.ly/3xcLWdI
Source: Americal Journal of Transplantation; #Apr4
#Violation #ProfessionalMedicalProhibitions #CCP
Research: Execution by organ procurement and Breaching the dead donor rule in China
In an academic paper published by Australia-based esearchers Matthew P. Robertson and Jacob Lavee in April 2022, the findings strongly suggest that physicians in the People's Republic of China (#PRC) have participated in executions by organ removal, breaching the #DeadDonorRule.
The study applies computational text analysis to conduct a forensic review of 2,838 papers drawn from a dataset of 124,770 Chinese-language transplant publications.
The algorithm searched for evidence of problematic declarations of brain death during organ procurement. The research team finds 71 reports where brain death could not have properly been declared, and these organ donors could only have been prisoners in China.
Read the entire essay:
https://bit.ly/3xcLWdI
Source: Americal Journal of Transplantation; #Apr4
#Violation #ProfessionalMedicalProhibitions #CCP