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The article reports on risks and uncertainty facing orchestras in the U.S. due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics covered include a proposal by the San Antonio Symphony to reduce the size of the full-time ensemble by more than 40 percent, the decline of the old subscription model in which patrons bought season ticket each year, and the dwindling revenues at the box office.

The article reports on the results of the inquiry by the World Health Organization (WHO) and China on the origin of the coronavirus disease due to be released in March 2021. Based on the leaked results, the team of international experts found few clues on the virus' origin. Also mentioned are the alleged efforts by China to bend the probe to its advantage and the comment of biologist Jesse Bloom on the possible leak of the virus from a Chinese laboratory.

The article reports on the non-inclusion of the mistakes in handling Covid-19 and the Chinese whistleblowers who raised awareness about the virus at the exhibition in a museum in Wuhan, China celebrating the Chinese victory against the pandemic as of January 2021. In the exhibition, there were no mentions of the roles of Doctors Ai Fen and Zhang Yongzhen. Also cited is the alleged efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to spin the narrative of the pandemic.

The article informs about the research of Alexander Kekule, the director of the Institute for Biosecurity Research in Halle, Germany which suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic started in Italy and not China. It also mentions the views of Chinese officials on how packaged food from overseas might have brought the virus to China.

The article reports on the new wave of COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong, China following the relaxation of measures to control the spread of the virus in the city.

The article reports on the investigation to be conducted by the Communist Party of China (CPC) into property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang after criticizing Chinese President Xi Jinling for his handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

The article discusses China's leader, Xi Jinping, as hungry for power and accused Xi of trying to cover up the coronavirus outbreak in central China.

The article reports about a mysterious coronavirus that has killed at least four people and sickened more than 200 in China being capable of spreading from person to person. Topics include disclosure increasing pressure on the Chinese government to contain a growing public health crisis; and how the deadly virus seemed capable of spreading only from animals to humans in most cases, tracing the outbreak to a market in Wuhan.

The article offers information related to the reports from authorities in China about third death from a mysterious virus and more than 130 new cases over the weekend, as of January 20, 2020 including ones found in Beijing and southern China for the first time.

The article examines the stalled effort of the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate COVID-19's origins in China. It argues that WHO has ceded to the Chinese government on the inquiry by allowing outside investigators to investigate on the first patient in China and the role of the wet market for animal-human transmission. It also analyzes the political pressures from the U.S. and European governments to control and treat the virus.

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