WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs) - China
- Pneumonia of unknown cause – China Disease outbreak news 5 January 2020On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. As of 3 January 2020, a total of 44 patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology have been reported to WHO by the national authorities in China.
- Novel Coronavirus – China Disease outbreak news : Update 12 January 2020The cluster was initially reported on 31 December 2019, when the WHO China Country Office was informed. The Chinese authorities identified a new type of coronavirus (novel coronavirus, nCoV), which was isolated on 7 January 2020. Laboratory testing was conducted on all suspected cases identified through active case finding and retrospective review.
Chinese Covid-19 Statistics
- 疫情通报 Daily outbreak reportsThis webpage provides daily outbreak reports by the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China.
- 新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情实时动态 COVID-19 Tracker (Xinhua Net)Data from China's National Health Commission.This tracker covers the number of confirmed cased, number of death cases, and number of recovered cases from each province. Additionally, nationwide numbers for COVID-19 are included. The site is hosted and published by the China Xinhua Net.
- 新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情实时动态 COVID-19 Tracker (by 丁香园，丁香医生)A COVID-19 tracker which provides both nationwide statistics and global numbers. This website also has an English version.
- Foreign Policy: Leaked Chinese Virus Database Covers 230 Cities, 640,000 Updates (BY ISAAC STONE FISH, MARIA KROL SINCLAIR | MAY 12, 2020, 8:32 PM)New information may offer insight into the honesty of China’s coronavirus numbers."While not fully comprehensive, the data is incredibly rich: There are more than 640,000 updates of information, covering at least 230 cities—in other words, 640,000 rows purporting to show the number of cases in a specific location at the time the data was gathered."
- Are These the 'Real' Wuhan Coronavirus Statistics? By Peter Schelden on 02/06/2020 2:00 PMBy Peter Schelden on 02/06/2020 2:00 PM
Source: MedicineNet Health News
Chinese Government Health Virtual Tools and APPS
- Individual Health Information QR Code 个人健康信息码
- Individual Health Information QR Code - International version 防疫健康码国际版
Attached is the QR Code and instructions for the Individual Health Information Mini Program (WeChat) for Chinese citizen who plan to return to China during the COVID-19 pandemic. This helps epidemic prevention workers quickly screen and track passengers' health condition for up to 14 days before they are inbound.
- Tracing. Testing. Tweaking. Approaches to data-driven Covid-19 management in China Kai von Carnap, Katja Drinhausen and Kristin Shi-Kupfer (Merics)
China's digital health control in time of Covid pandemic using the health code app. Published by the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a think tank in Berlin, Germany.
China's laws/regulations for COVID-19
- LawInfoChina This link opens in a new windowChinese language version: http://www2.lib.ku.edu/login?url=http://www.pkulaw.com
Chinese Government Official Publications
- 《抗击新冠肺炎疫情的中国行动》白皮书 White Paper on "China Action Against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic"White Paper published by the State Council on June 07, 2020.
- 新冠肺炎疫情防控服务专区 The official websiteThe official website for COVID-19 in China by Gov.cn.
- 非典非自然起源和人制人新种病毒基因武器 (The non-natural origin of SARS and the new species of human-made virus as genetic weapons)by 徐德忠 (Xu, Dezhong), 李峰 (Li, Feng). Published by 北京軍事醫學科學出版社 (Beijing Military Medical Science Press), 2015
U.S. Government Official Publication Concerning Covid-19
- The Interim Minority Report on Origins of COVID-19 Global Pandemic including the Roles of the CCP and WHO (June 12, 2020) 关于Covid-19全球大流行病起源包括中共与世卫组织角色问题的少数党中期报告The House Foreign Affairs Committee Minority Staff Interim Report
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress June 12, 2020. Lead Republican Michael T. McCaul
Chinese Academic Resources
- 新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情 可视分析系列 Visual Analysis of COVID-19A visual analysis series of COVID-19 conducted by Peking University. This website also has an English version.
- 武汉大学新型肺炎防控专题网站 Wuhan University COVID-19 websiteThis website collects and publishes information related to COVID-19, published by Wuhan University.
Chinese Covid-19 Whistleblowers
- Li Wenliang 李文亮October 12, 1986 – February 7, 2020, was a Chinese ophthalmologist who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital and a member of Chinese Communist Party.
- Chinese probe finds coronavirus whistle-blower doctor was punished 'inappropriately' (Straits Times - Singapore, MAR 19, 2020))
Read more including an interview of Li. - Chen Qiushi (陈秋实; 陳秋實)A lawyer, activist, and citizen journalist who covered the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests and the COVID-19 pandemic. His whereabouts is unknown since early February, 2020.
- Chen Qiushi's (陈秋实; 陳秋實) documentary of Wuhan coronavirus
公民記者陳秋實武漢疫區採訪實錄”系列. Citizen reporter Chen Qiushi reporting from Wuhan, Hubei from Jan. 3 until his disappearing on February 5, 2020. - Fang Bin (方斌)
"...a Chinese businessman, citizen journalist and whistleblower who posted videos on Youtube and WeChat of images of Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was arrested several times between February 1-9, 2020. He has been missing since his arrest on Feb. 9, 2020." --wiki.
Covid-19 Local Responses
News sources - China and Hong Kong
News sources - Western sources
- DW News 德國之聲German public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW),
China Self-media Source
Wuhan diary by
ISBN: 0063052636Publication Date: HarperRvia, 2020.An eyewitness account of events in Wuhan from Jan. to April，2020 recorded in her blog as a diary.
- 武汉日记：在一座被封锁的城市（Wuhan diary) 作者方方
A first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-19 outbreak, Jan. 25 - March 18, 2020. Author Fang Fang (pen name of Wang Fang), - 人物 专访 - 艾芬 (March 2，2020) An interview of Ai Fen by Renwu magazine
This was an interview of Dr. Ai Fen who was the one who handled the whistle to Dr. Li Wenliang, the whistleblower in Dec. 2019.
World Organizations Projects and Data
- China - Emerging Infectious Diseases Prevention, Preparedness and Response Project - World Bank Covid-19 ProjectIBRD Loan: US$300.0 million equivalent
Terms: Maturity = 30 years, Grace = 5 years
Project ID: P173746
Project Description: The project development objective is to strengthen selected national and provincial systems to pilot a multi-sectoral approach for reducing the risk of zoonotic and other emerging health threats. - UNINFO COVID-19 Data Porta- ChinaChoose country and then year. "The dashboard presents data from a set of socio-economic response monitoring indicators that emanated from the UN framework for the immediate response to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19." --page intro.