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COVID-19: China hits back at WHO, calls 'lab leak' probe a 'lie'
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 12 (ANI): After the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommended a deeper investigation into whether the COVID outbreak was a result of a leak from a Chinese laboratory, the country has hit back at the UN health organization and called the theory "politically mo
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Bar-related COVID outbreak: 115 people infected, 6,158 quarantined in Beij
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 12 (ANI): At least 115 people were found infected with COVID-19 while 6,158 were quarantined after a bar-related outbreak occurred as China relaxed coronavirus measures a few days ago in Beijing.
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Chinese university's online swim test sends netizens into meme fest
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 28 (ANI): After China's Shanghai University announced to move the swimming test online amid the COVID-19 outbreak, netizens went into a meme fest, with one of the students donning swimming goggles and a hat to jump from his nightstand onto the bed to enact swimming mo
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Rajya Sabha Secretariat returns to biometric attendance after 2 years gap
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Biometric attendance system, which was suspended following the COVID outbreak, has now resumed in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat after two years.
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Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India over new Covid ou
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], May 22 (ANI): Following the re-outbreak of Covid-19 and the rapid surge in the number of daily Covid infections over the past few weeks, Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from traveling to sixteen countries, including India.
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Shanghai is facing an exodus of talent amid COVID outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], May 22 (ANI): China's Shanghai is facing an exodus of talent and labour as thousands of people leave the city which has been in total lockdown since April 1, according to media reports.
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China logs 226 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): Chinese mainland reported 226 "locally-transmitted" confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, out of which 166 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Sunday.
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Omicron smashes North Korea's 'safety vacuum', 820,000 COVID-19 cases repo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 15 (ANI): North Korea reported 15 new death from "fever" in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of the deaths in the country to 42 in just three days, media reported on Sunday.
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North Korea facing biggest challenge in history over Covid-19 outbreak: Ki
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 14 (ANI): North Korea is facing the biggest challenge since the foundation of the republic over the spread of COVID-19, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said, as quoted by the state-run KCNA news agency.
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Odisha: 64 school students test COVID-19 positive in Rayagada district
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Rayagada (Odisha) [India], May 9 (ANI): As many as 64 school students living in two hostels in Odisha's Rayagada district have tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, officials said.
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China's COVID-19 outbreak might bring global inflation: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 6 (ANI): With a tremendous rise in COVID cases caused by the Omicron variant, China is going through its worst outbreak which will impact freight costs and global inflation, said a media report.
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Beijing halts public transport as China continues to fight COVID outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): Dozens of metro stations and bus routes in Beijing have been shut down as COVID continues to spread and millions of residents in Shanghai still remain under strict lockdown even after more than a month.
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