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Fresh COVID-19 infections in Chinese provinces see rush on vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): Two Chinese provinces have reported the country's first cases of community transmission in over three weeks, which has triggered a run for COVID-19 vaccines as residents are lining up to get jabs.
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Taiwan chides China for using COVID-19 vaccines as political tool
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 13 (ANI): Taiwan has condemned the Chinese government for using vaccines as a political tool to pressure the Tapei's diplomatic allies to switch allegiance after Honduras said it is mulling the possibility of opening a trade office in China in a bid to acquire COVID-19 v
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Chinese mainland reports 17 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 17 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
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Mississippi, Missouri keep up with lawsuits against China for 'malicious'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Mississippi and Missouri sued China in April last year for 'malicious' role in the COVID-19 pandemic, two Republican states are still keeping up their efforts to hold China accountable for the spread of the virus.
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China's global COVID-19 vaccination program may face production problems:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): Though China's drive to vaccinate its population with home-made COVID-19 vaccines is being extended to as many as 30 countries around the world, the program faces production problems with an expert believing it to be inadequate to satisfy the domestic and intern
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China may not reach its target to vaccinate 40 pc of population by June: E
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): Although China aims to vaccinate 40 per cent of its population - 560 million people - by June, experts believe that the country may not be able to reach the target owing to shortage of vaccines and inadequate production capacity.
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Private companies sourcing medical equipment from abroad, 'some of it' is
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): A number of private companies in India are sourcing medical supplies and equipment from different countries to meet the government's priority requirement and "some of it" is coming from China, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday.
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Closure of border with China due to Covid-19 hits Nepali entrepreneurs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 26 (ANI): The closure of the Nepal-China border due to the Covid pandemic has affected a large number of Nepali entrepreneurs exporting goods to the country.
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Chinese mainland reports 13 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 13 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.
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'Truly' independent probe needed as WHO was focused on 'pleasing' Beijing:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): The recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the origin of coronavirus has shown that the world health body was more focused on pleasing Beijing, said a former US National Security Council's senior director for counterproliferation and biodefense, add
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Effectiveness of Chinese vaccines 'not high', admits country's health offi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 11 (ANI): Marking a rare admission from China over the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine, the country's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said that the efficacy of Chinese coronavirus vaccines is "not high" and they may require improvements, The Washington Post rep
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Criticism over use of China-made Sinopharm vaccines continues to grow
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 9 (ANI): After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi tested positive for COVID-19 last month despite taking Chinese vaccine Sinopharm, doubts surrounding the efficacy of the much-touted vaccine have continued to grow.
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