China back at selling cats, bats and dogs

Even as the world continues to battle the deadly Coronavirus, which first cropped up in China’s Wuhan market in December last year, the Asian epicentre for the novel virus has reopened the same market.

Media repots say, China is back to selling cats, bats and dogs at the infamous Wuhan market, which first transmitted the virus to a 55-year-old man who purchased sea food from the same ‘wet market’.

“The evidence is highly suggestive that the outbreak is associated with exposures in one seafood market in Wuhan,” the World Health Organisation had said in a statement on January 12.

However, the markets are under watchful eyes of guards, who ensure no one is able to take pictures of the blood-soaked floors, slaughtering of dogs and rabbits, and scared animals cramped in cages.

“Everyone here believes the outbreak is over and there’s nothing to worry about anymore. It’s just a foreign problem now as far as they are concerned,” a China-based correspondent was quoted by Washington Examiner.

Several scientists, medical experts and animal rights activists have called for a ban on China’s wet markets but the Asian country seems to have not learnt from its mistakes.

Pak Media slams Pak PM Imran Khan

While addressing a press conference, Pakistan Prime Minister allegedly claimed that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi apologised to his countrymen for imposing a lockdown in India, to curb Coronavirus.

On Monday, Pak PM Imran Khan addressed his nation and talked about why he is not very convinced with the idea of putting the nation under a lockdown.

The Prime Minister’s Office also put this out on Twitter. “We can see the consequences of India’s hasty decision of imposing a complete lockdown. Their government had to apologise for their unplanned decision.We must learn and fight this pandemic with wisdom and not in haste,” Pakistan PMO wrote the micro-blogging site.

Meanwhile, the truth is that PM Modi, during his monthly address via Mann Ki Baat, apologized for the inconvenience people have to face during the lockdown and not the lockdown itself.

He did not mention even for once that the decision was unplanned and he regrets it.

Pakistani media corrected Imran and called on him telling him what exactly Modi said.

US death toll crosses 4k mark

The total number of deaths in United States from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to media reports.

On Tuesday the United States exceeded the number of deaths in China, where the pandemic emerged in December before spreading worldwide.

After initially downplaying the threat from new coronavirus in the early stages of the US outbreak, President Donald Trump warned of “a very, very painful two weeks” to come for the country on Tuesday.