Hong Kong Airlines is taking “vigorous measures” to ensure its survival, including slashing hundreds of jobs. The coronavirus outbreak poses a “serious threat” to its business, the airline said.
China's Red Cross has received $86 million in donations -- but supplies aren't getting to hospitalsMedical staff carry supplies from a helicopter in Wuhan, China, on February 1, 2020. Cosfoto/Barcroft Media/Getty Imagesto find enough supplies, despite the Red Cross -- and other organizations -- having received millions of dollars in donations.
"The Red Cross in China is not just the Red Cross -- it's a quasi-government organization," said Dali Yang, a political scientist at the University of Chicago.On February 1, a government official said that the public had donated more than $86 million, and medical supplies to the Wuhan Red Cross, according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.One doctor in Huanggang, Hubei province, told CNN that his hospital has no usable hazmat suits, face masks or shoe covers.
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