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How China broke the chain of infection

How was China able to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus? We take a look into the multi-pronged strategy taken on by the Chinese government that was successful in saving hundreds and thousands of lives

Painting an epidemic: An interview with Li Zhong (李钟)

Tings Chak of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research speaks to Li Zhong a Chinese painter who produced a series of paintings on the country’s heroic fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

Blaming China for the COVID-19 crisis is deceitful

Vijay Prashad talks about China’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, especially in the light of the accusations that are being leveled against the country

Autonomy of WHO will suffer a blow

The US decision to cut funding to the WHO pending an investigation is likely to affect its autonomy to determine priorities, as well as make it more dependent on philanthropic organizations.

How China broke the chain of infection

As information about coronavirus emerged, the Chinese government and Chinese society began to organize an immense campaign against its spread.

How did China handle the COVID-19 outbreak?

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha looks at how China handled the outbreak of COVID-19 and the measures that worked.

Containing COVID-19 : What worked, what failed

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about how Italy along with Germany, France, India and the USA, are coping with the spread of COVID-19 and the treatment options available.

Covid-19 Pandemic Poses Fundamental Challenges to all Societies

Quick and widespread testing and quarantine will help tackle the spread of Covid-19, not ultra-nationalism or hyper-capitalism.

COVID-19 COVID-19: WHO-China joint mission says China’s handling of the disease is historic

The mission observed that other affected countries should increase their level of preparedness and take cues from how China has managed to tackle the virus

Coronavirus Number of daily new Novel Coronavirus cases falls below 2000

The number of new infections was 1,886 on February 18 as opposed to 2,050 on the previous day. The daily death toll too has come down substantially and is below 100.

The novel coronavirus and the virus of new cold war

Some of the brickbats that western media and the governments are hurling at the Chinese is racist. Most of it is a continuation of the new cold war that Trump and co. have unleashed on China

How Chinese Socialism is Defeating the Coronavirus Outbreak

China is marshaling state-owned industries and market controls to build hospitals, ensure stable commodity prices, and provide universal treatment to stop the coronavirus outbreak—providing a global demonstration of the strengths of socialism with Chinese characteristics.