Mounting evidence suggests mink farms in China could be the cradle of Covid-19
Yann Faure et Yves Sciama (Reporterre)
14 janvier 2021 à 09h27,
Mis à jour le 18 janvier 2021 à 09h07
Durée de lecture : 19 minutes
? The «
missing link
» between bats and humans could well be the mink - though the raccoon dog is also suspected. This would explain why China leading world producer of fur appears so determined to tightly control scientific information.
It seems increasingly plausible that Covid-19 originated in fur farms, especially mink, as our investigation shows. At the end of December 2020, Reporterre revealed that the strains responsible for the two epidemic waves that engulfed Europe emerged nearby to a number of large mink farms. Reporterre
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Hang Lung’s HK$2.6 billion purchase of US government’s 37 Shouson Hill Road villas runs into diplomatic snag in US-China spat Pearl Liu and Lam Ka-sing pearl.liu@scmp.com, kasing.lam@scmp.com © SCMP 37 Shouson Hill Road, The Peak, on Hong Kong Island on May 30, 2020. Photo: Edmond So
One of Hong Kong s biggest real estate transactions of 2020 has been caught in the crossfire of souring US-China diplomatic relations, as the United States consulate failed to get its sale of luxury villas on The Peak recognised by the city s Land Registry.
The HK$2.6 billion (US$330 million) sale on September 10 of six multi-storey villas at 37 Shouson Hill Road could not be registered by Hong Kong s Land Registry because of diplomatic obligations imposed by the Chinese government on the US consulate, buyer Hang Lung Properties said in an exchange filing on Wednesday. Hang Lung bought it for a 20 per cent discount to the valuation.
Title The Philippines: Responding to a triple crisis
28 Dec 2020
© OCHA Philippines/Martin San Diego
In the Philippines, a country with an average of 25 typhoons per year, 21 active volcanos and regular earthquake threats, addressing natural hazards requires a whole-of-society approach.
In many parts of the country, the ground is saturated with water, so even minimal rainfall causes flooding.
In Catanduanes, the 12th-largest island in the Philippines, a family whose livelihood depends on copra – dried coconut meat used to make oils – is struggling to make ends meet. Not only has the price of coconut oil steadily declined since the beginning of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the family’s coconut trees have been destroyed by the series of typhoons that have hit the area.
Filipinos go whole hog at Christmas. But coronavirus is crimping a yuletide tradition.
Regine Cabato, The Washington Post
Dec. 21, 2020
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1of6Workers prepare lechon in the La Loma neighborhood in Manila on Dec. 3.Photo for The Washington Post by Martin San DiegoShow MoreShow Less
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4of6Ednalyn Solis-Cortez s son Zachary shows his dad in Hong Kong, through a video call, the Christmas decorations they installed at home on Dec. 12.Photo for The Washington Post by Martin San DiegoShow MoreShow Less
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