China Ramps Up Virus Propaganda, And Stirs Even More Outrage

  • Citizens pick apart stage-managed stories of frontline heroism
  • More than 3,000 medical staff are suspected to have the virus
China’s Total Coronavirus Confirmed Cases Rise to 72,436
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The 14 women from northwest China cried silently as a group of men shaved off their long black hair, a precaution meant to help prevent infection before they treat patients inflicted with the deadly new coronavirus.