Western media hype: Fear and panic, disruption of the global economy, that makes the headlines.
But not a word is mentioned that the COVID-19 in China is under control, people are being treated in hospitals and they are recovering.
On February 28, China reported 36,157 out of a total of 78,961 reported cases as having recovered.
China has reported (March 1st) a 52.1 percent recovery rate, which signifies that more than half of the patients (confirmed cases) have been discharged from the hospitals. And the Chinese hospitals (which are very strict) will not release them if they are still infected or could transmit the COVID-19 coronavirus.
What this means is that the number of “reported infected cases” in China (80 304) (WHO data, March 3, 2020) has fallen to less than 40,000. But that does not make the headlines.
What Turkey is attempting to do here, is "weaponize" refugees by having them pour into Europe, as "blackmail" for NATO not supporting Turkish military misadventures in Syria; and NATO wants no part of a fight against Russia for Syrian territory.