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China terms Biden's order to probe into COVID-19 origins as 'political gam
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 28 (ANI): In a sharp rebuke to the United States, China has lamented US President Joe Biden's order to review the origins of COVID-19 as a "political game and an attempt to shift the blame on others".
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India terms WHO-convened study on COVID-19 origin as 'important first step
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): India on Friday termed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) global study on the origins of COVID-19 as an "important first step" and stressed the need for next phase studies to reach robust conclusions.
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US intelligence community split, unsure if coronavirus came from lab or th
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 28 (ANI): The US intelligence community on Thursday acknowledged its agencies had two theories on where COVID-19 originated, with two agencies believing it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals and a third embracing a possible laboratory accident
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China's 'cover-up' hampering investigation into COVID-19 origins, says top
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Amid increasing calls for a more thorough probe of COVID-19 origins, the US military's top commander, General Mark Milley has said that the 'cover-up' by Chinese authorities is hampering the investigation into the origins of the virus.
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After Biden's push for probe into COVID-19 origin, China says US does not
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): After the Biden administration asked the US intelligence community to "redouble their efforts" to come to a conclusion on the origins of COVID-19, China appears to be on the backfoot and hit back at the US saying that it does not care about real facts.
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China says politicising Covid's origin tracing hinders probe
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): The Chinese embassy in the United States on Wednesday (local time) said politicising the origins of COVID-19 would hamper investigations and affect global efforts to deal with the pandemic.
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COVID-19 origin: New life to Wuhan lab-leak theory
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Eighteen months since China reported the first patient with Covid-19 like symptoms, the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread like wildfire over the world claiming the lives of over 35 lakh people and infecting over 16.8 crore in more than 180 countries.
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US, China take opposing stands on fresh probe into COVID-19 origins
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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Evidence of COVID-19 originating from Chinese lab continues to grow: Forme
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [China], May 25 (ANI): The former head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday said that circumstantial evidence of COVID-19 originating in a lab in China's Wuhan continues to grow as researchers are yet to prove that the virus jumped from an animal to humans, The H
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Disused copper mine in southwest China becomes focus of calls for thorough
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 25 (ANI): A disused copper mine in the outskirts of a village deep in the mountains of southwest China has become the centre of attention for escalating calls for a more thorough probe into whether the COVID-19 pandemic could have stemmed from a Chinese laboratory.
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Evidence suggests leak of coronavirus from Wuhan lab, CCP must be held acc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Every piece of evidence points to a leak of coronavirus from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), said US former state secretary Mike Pompeo, adding that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) must be held "accountable".
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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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