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WHO accuses China of hiding data on coronavirus' origin
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"These data could have -- and should have -- been shared three years ago," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director general, said. The missing evidence now "needs to be shared with the international community immediately," he said.
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Lawmakers in US propose bipartisan probe of origins of coronavirus
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): A proposal is being circulated by the two senior members of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to create a 12-member commission of private citizens with broad authority to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 and how the US
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China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 13 (ANI): China has opposed next-phase COVID-19 origins-tracing, saying that it is "inappropriate" that the World Health Organization (WHO) came up with the second phase of the study that focused on a lab-leak theory.
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Thousands of wild animals were sold in Wuhan markets in months before COVI
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 10 (ANI): Thousands of wild animals were sold in markets in the Chinese city of Wuhan ahead of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new research.
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No evidence to indicate artificial or zoonotic origins of COVID-19: Ex ICM
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): There is no evidence to indicate if COVID-19 was zoonotic infection or it was artificially created, said Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, former Head Scientist of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Researchers from Wuhan lab sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak d
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): Three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care after they fell ill in November 2019, a month before Beijing reported the first patient with Covid-like symptoms, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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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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WHO open to all hypotheses on coronavirus origins: Tedros
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization's (WHO) team probing coronavirus origins, which is on a visit to China's Wuhan, the first Covid-19 hotspot, will publish a preliminary report next week, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday.
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WHO delegation visits Wuhan market in hunt for coronavirus origin
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Wuhan [China], February 1 (ANI): Members of a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation investigating the origin of COVID-19 on Sunday visited a market in Wuhan, China where many of the first infections were reported in late 2019.
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Bat coronavirus mutated to infect humans : ICMR cites Chinese research
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a research in China shows that coronavirus found in humans is mutated form of its variant found in bats.
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Entire world believes coronavirus originated in China: BJP MLA to Chinese
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 11 (ANI): BJP lawmaker T Raja Singh, who recently sparked controversy by raising anti-China slogans, doubled down on his criticism saying that the entire world believes that coronavirus has originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
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Except for Wuhan, Hubei reopens domestic flights
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Wuhan [China], Mar 29 (ANI): China's Hubei province has reopened domestic flights except for Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus after a suspension to control the spread of the virus in January.
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