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Taiwanese govt says China isolating Taiwan in int'l arena, sabotaging COVI
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 31 (ANI): Taiwan on Monday said China continues to sabotage the island's COVID-19 vaccines purchasing efforts and isolate Taipei in the international arena.
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US officials press China to provide greater transparency on COVID-19 origi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): With a renewed focus on a fresh investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus, US experts and officials on Sunday called on China to provide greater transparency and speed inquiries into whether the pandemic began with a leak from a lab.
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Taiwanese skeptical over China's offer to provide COVID vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 29 (ANI): As China offered to provide Taiwan with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of Taiwanese are skeptical of Beijing's motives and of the vaccines which have lower levels of efficacy than many competitors.
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Philippines citizens rejecting Chinese COVID-19 vaccines due to delays, er
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], May 27 (ANI): Owing to repeated delays, disorganisation and erratic supplies, many citizens of the Philippines are rejecting COVID-19 vaccines from China.
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Taiwan accuses China for blocking deal with BioNTech for COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 27 (ANI): For the first time on Wednesday (local time), Taiwan directly accused China of blocking a deal with German firm BioNTech for COVID-19 vaccines.
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US, China take opposing stands on fresh probe into COVID-19 origins
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): The United States and China have taken sharply opposing positions over how to trace the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Washington calls for a new round of studies to be conducted with independent international experts.
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Covid-19: Pakistan to launch locally-made Chinese vaccine from next week
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Pakistan's state-run National Institute of Health (NIH) has managed to locally produce the first batch of China-made single-dose coronavirus vaccine CanSino.
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Taiwan probe reports of Chinese disinformation campaigns amid COVID-19 sur
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 20 (ANI): The Taiwanese government is probing into reports of Chinese disinformation campaigns in an "effort to deepen internal conflicts in Taiwan" during the current COVID-19 outbreak.
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Scientists slam WHO's report, calls for further investigation into COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 19 (ANI): A group of scientists have slammed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for their report into the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan and demanded a further investigation.
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Evidence shows COVID-19 virus could have been created in a Wuhan lab, from
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives the world over for more than a year and caused over three million deaths and the evidence adds up to a serious case that the virus could have been created in a Chinese lab from which it then escaped, says Nicholas Wa
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Slow vaccine roll-out could risk advent of new variants, warns Chinese exp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): Chinese infectious disease specialist has warned that slow global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out risks allowing new variants to emerge as the world continues to combat the pandemic.
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Evidence suggests coronavirus originated from Wuhan lab, says Pompeo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 17 (ANI): The evidence suggests that the coronavirus originated from the lab in Wuhan city of China, said former US Secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Sunday, adding that the risk of bioweapons and bioterror arising from the region is "very real".
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