(TibetanReview.net, Feb09’20) – None of the 32 people who were known to have had contact with the only reported case of novel coronavirus pneumonia infection in Tibet Autonomous Region, reported on Jan 29, had contracted the disease and were discharged on Feb 8 from the different hospitals in which they […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb08’20) – The number of people down with the novel Coronavirus pneumonia in the Tibetan prefecture of Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) in Sichuan Province was 17 as of Feb 6, reported the Tibetan Service of rfa.org  Feb 7, citing Beijing-based Tibetan writer Ms Woeser and a social media site run […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb07’20) – The number of Tibetans known to be infected with the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Tibetan regions across the People’s Republic of China has been put at seven as of Feb 6, although the actual figure could be higher as China’s official reports, suspected to be well below […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb05’20) – While the number of people in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus pneumonia continues to remain at one, more confirmed cases are said to have occurred in other Tibetan areas of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). There have been nine […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb01’20) – Although there is no official ban, experts have been urging the public not to enter Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) for the time being after the region reported the first confirmed case of novel coronavirus infection on Jan 30, reported china’s official Xinhua news agency Feb 1. Symptoms […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan30’20) – The first suspected case of novel coronavirus pneumonia reported in Tibet’s capital Lhasa Jan 29 has become the first confirmed case in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) on Jan 30. The patient, Zhang, 34, is a male resident of Suizhou, Hubei province, and had arrived by train at […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan29’20) – As the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus pneumonia crossed the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) infections of 2002-03, China on Jan 29 reported what it said was the first suspected case in Tibet’s capital Lhasa. The patient, surnamed Zhang, 34, was from the city […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan28’20) – Authorities in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the only provincial region that has not reported any coronavirus pneumonia cases in the People’s Republic of China, has activated second-level emergency response to contain its spread, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency Jan 28. However, according to the Tibetan […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan27’20) – Although Tibet is officially untouched thus far by the raging Wuhan coronavirus, a new form of pneumonia, Chinese authorities have taken the precaution to shut down the iconic Potala Palace in its capital Lhasa with effect from Jan 27. The historically winter residence of the Dalai Lamas, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan16’20) – In an apparent strengthening of crackdown on religion, China has jailed for up to nearly two years 12 villagers in Sog (Chinese: Suo) County of Nagchu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, for allegedly running “a criminal gang”, reported the Tibetan Service of rfa.org Jan 15, citing the regional […]