New figures report 95 deaths up to midnight on Tuesday, a drop of 22% on the previous day, as WHO chief warns threat is greater than terrorism. Follow all the developments here
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1.27am GMT
And talking of that propaganda push, here are some examples from social media, including this fascinating one about “another busy day” in the fight against the virus in Wuhan No 4 hospital. CGTN news talks to a nurse, Xu Xinchen, as he goes about his night shift at the hospital, describing problems such as a shortage of protective suits for staff and the difficulties of taking blood from people while wearing large protective goggles.
What’s it like to be nurse during a night shift in Wuhan? CGTN’s Xu Xinchen takes us inside Wuhan’s No.4 hospital. #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/cSoI049CkI
In The Spotlight: Pet guardians in the time of #coronavirus https://t.co/teu46UPRwT pic.twitter.com/lPRN3yt8II
Disinfection robots put into use at hospitals in Qingdao, east China‘s Shandong Province. Qingdao has called on technological companies to research, develop and refit disinfection robots which can replace human in disinfection operations. pic.twitter.com/R1jTipoxsi
With the city on lockdown, native #Wuhan girl Chen Lingyu volunteers to drive frontline medical staff to and from work every day amid the #coronavirus outbreak.
Check out this video and see a day in her life. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/GGlGc8Fg8P
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A wave of positive propaganda about the slowdown in infections has swamped the media in China, according to the seasoned China expert, Bill Bishop.
Bishop, an American who publishes a regular newsletter about China, Sinocism, wrote on Tuesday that the official media “is in full positive energy mode trying to spread that word that while the battle is still raging victory is within reach”.
Let’s all hope that we are near the peak, but relaxations of quarantine and other restrictive policies may be a better tell than the official data ... Then again, the central government is clearly very concerned about the economic impact and appears to be pushing local governments to get business back up and running as fast as possible. There is the risk if that people go back to work too quickly there could be a second wave of cases D
