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China / Covid19 / World

Bat woman scientist denies she’s fled China

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd May, 2020) A famous Chinese scientist known for her controversial work on bat-borne viruses has denied claims circulating on social media […]

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China / Covid19 / World

How China is exploiting pandemic panic

Published by UnHerd (30th April, 2020) Who could argue with this statement on coronavirus made by Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, as pandemic rampages around the planet? ‘This […]

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Covid19 / Health / Policy / Social care

The NHS can be bad for your health

Published by The i paper (27th April, 2020) I have returned from my daily burst of exercise, walking around local streets. Many of the houses I passed have […]

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China / Covid19 / Economics / World

China filed patent for Covid drug day after confirming human transmission

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th April, 2020) China filed a patent for a drug seen as one of the best potential weapons against coronavirus the day […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Russia

Coronavirus causing pain for Putin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th April, 2020) Badly paid doctors have quit in droves, fearing for their lives after being told to treat coronavirus patients without adequate […]

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Covid19 / Disability / Immigration / Policy / Social care

Britain doesn’t care about social care

Published by UnHerd (22nd April, 2020) There are not many things to celebrate in these dark days of pandemic, but at least the crisis has finally forced people […]

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Covid19 / Health / Policy

Bumbling their way to disaster

Published by The i paper (20th April, 2020) It is 91 days as I write since China confirmed a new virus that had erupted in one of its […]

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China / Covid19 / World

US lawyers launch historic class action to sue China for trillions

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th April, 2020) Lawyers in the US have launched a landmark legal action to sue China for trillions of dollars over the coronavirus pandemic, […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Study exposes terrible effect of Beijing delays

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th April, 2020) China might have cut the number of coronavirus cases by 95 per cent if it had acted immediately after […]

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Covid19 / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care

Callous betrayal of our most vulnerable citizens

Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2020) The carnage is horrific as this hideous pandemic carves through care homes across the country, killing hundreds of residents despite […]

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China / World

This crisis reveals China’s weaknesses

Published by The i paper (13th April, 2020) Ever since this pandemic started rampaging around the planet, there has been talk of a transformed world. Yet when the […]

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China / Covid19 / World

China muzzled its Bat Woman

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th April, 2020) A Chinese scientist who is the one of the world’s leading experts on coronaviruses was ‘muzzled’ after unravelling the […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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