South China Morning Post

The coronavirus pandemic could shape the future of our public health systems. Future hospitals may look smaller, we may see our doctors remotely, and countries may carry out regular pandemic drills.

A McDonald’s restaurant in China banned black people from entering as worries about coronavirus-carrying foreigners have fueled rising xenophobia in the country.

New research indicates that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can attack human immune cells in a similar way to HIV.

Researchers in Germany estimated that the global number of confirmed coronavirus cases only represents 6% of the actual number of infections. They recommend mass testing to get a more accurate picture before countries begin to restart economic activity.

Chinese and American scientists, companies and research firms are working together despite the fact that their respective governments cannot get on the same page.

China’s top court ruled that a Chinese sportswear company must stop using Micheal Jordan’s Chinese name in one of its trademarks. But the firm could keep using a silhouette logo, the court said.

The reopening of Wuhan after more than two months of lockdown is a reminder of the permanent wounds the coronavirus left in its path.

A former Chinese real-estate tycoon penned a sharply-worded article in early March criticizing the Chinese government for mishandling the coronavirus outbreak. The ruling Chinese Communist Party is now investigating him.

The Chinese food delivery infrastructure had been well developed prior to the coronavirus. The public health crisis showed what it could do at peak demand.

Scientists believe there are thousands of diseases in wildlife that could cause pandemics similar to the current coronavirus outbreak. Humanity’s encroachment on nature makes it more likely we will catch them.