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British scientist from WHO team in China's Wuhan recused from UN-backed co
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): In a move that has thickened the plot surrounding the lab leak theory on COVID-19 origins, Dr Peter Daszak, the British member of the World Health Organization (WHO) mission in China's Wuhan, has been recused from the UN-backed Commission work on the origins o
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COVID-19 could be 'engineered virus', says Fauci
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): US top coronavirus advisor Dr Anthony Fauci on Friday (local time) said that COVID-19 could be a lab-invented illness as acknowledged by scientists in February 2020.
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Chinese top official defected to US, gave Biden administration info about
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): Chinese vice-minister of State Security, Dong Jingwei, reportedly defected to the United States and gave the information about the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is at the center of coronavirus lab-leak hypothesis.
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COVID-19 pandemic originated from lab leak in China's Wuhan, insists Pompe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated his firm belief that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak out a laboratory in China's Wuhan.
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US report on COVID-19 origins finds lab leak theory 'plausible', calls for
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): Amid widespread calls for a fresh probe into the origins of the coronavirus in China's Wuhan, a report on the origins of COVID-19 by a US government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis claiming that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan is "plausib
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China's 'massive cover-up' on COVID still happening: WHO advisory board me
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): China is continuing with a "massive cover-up" on Covid-19 even as the theory that the coronavirus had leaked from Wuhan lab gains credibility, Fox News has reported citing advisory board member to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Wuhan lab leak possible origin of COVID-19, says Indian scientist couple
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 5 (ANI): An Indian scientist couple is working with netizens globally and has discovered some compelling evidence to support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) originated from a lab in Wuhan rather than a seafood market as China as widely informe
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COVID-19: Chinese virologist says Fauci emails prove her Wuhan lab leak cl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): A Chinese virologist, who was among the first to suggest the COVID-19 virus leaked from a Wuhan lab, said that US top coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci's emails prove that she was right all along.
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As COVID-19 lab leak theory looks feasible China's animal theory argument
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): The theory that COVID-19 originated in Wuhan lab in China has gained strength while Beijing's claim of coronavirus being transmitted through an animal has failed to convince the world.
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As pressure mounts on China over COVID-19 origins, ex-FDA chief says 'lab
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): Amid mounting concerns regarding a renewed probe of the origins of COVID-19 in China, former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that accidental lab leaks 'happen all the time' and there have been six last known outbreaks of S
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Biden asks US intelligence community to 'redouble' efforts on probe into o
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) said he has asked the US intelligence community to "redouble their efforts" to come to a conclusion on the origins of COVID-19 and report back to him within 90 days.
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COVID-19 origin: New life to Wuhan lab-leak theory
Updated : 4 years, 12 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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