According to the South China Morning Post, the first recorded case of Covid-19 can be traced back to November 17 last year. The editor in chief of the newspaper, Tammy Tam says it was a hundred days ago that a team of SCMP journalists wrote the first of many reports on a “mystery illness” spreading rapidly in Wuhan, China. “We were one of the first English-language publications to break the story on December 31, the same day that Chinese officials first reported cases of the novel coronavirus to the World Health Organisation,” he says. ” Since that first story in December, SCMP has uncovered many crucial truths about the virus and its spread, elevating thought and understanding amongst our readers around the globe. These stories include:
- an exclusive tracing of the first recorded case of Covid-19 as far back as November 17
- a scoop from classified Chinese data that revealed one-third of coronavirus cases may be “silent carriers”, and a follow-up story on China’s reversal of policies that previously excluded asymptomatic cases from official numbers
- an early explainer using the World Health Organisation’s prediction in 2018 about ‘Disease X’s’ arrival to provide insights on how Covid-19 descended on Wuhan
- China’s mask-making dominance and its potential of sparking a new geopolitical storm because of the world’s over-reliance on Chinese manufacturing
- an inside look during Wuhan’s lockdown, as well as this week’s focus on the city’s cautious approach to the end of its containment.
“Over the last month, we have also shared our insights via several live global events. Our CEO Gary Liu provided an overview on China’s response to the coronavirus with TED and the Aspen Institute, and our editorial team co-produced Facebook’s “Covid Frontline”, a cross-newsroom collaboration with Australia’s 7NEWS and The Straits Times in Singapore. More details here:
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