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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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Pompeo says Wuhan lab was engaged in military activity alongside civilian
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was engaged in military activity alongside its civilian research -- amid renewed scrutiny of the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from the secretive lab.
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Evidence suggests leak of coronavirus from Wuhan lab, CCP must be held acc
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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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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Scientists develop better way to block viruses causing respiratory infecti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): Researchers have improved a method in rodent models intended to help keep children healthy by engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
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Why Covaxin being manufactured only at pvt institute? Madras HC asks Centr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday questioned the Central government why Covaxin, the vaccine against COVID-19 which was developed with the assistance of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology
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Study finds treatment for brain disease transmitted by tick bites
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 12 (ANI): The findings of a new study describe antibodies capable of neutralizing the virus transmitted by tick bites. These so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies have shown promise in preventing Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in mice and could inform the development
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COVID samples from 8 Maharashtra districts sent for testing of new mutatio
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 25 (ANI): As cases of COVID-19 surge in Maharashtra, samples from about eight districts have been sent to laboratories across the country, including the National Institute of Virology and National Center for Disease Control, to find out if any new variant
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Rise in Covid-19 cases due to 'casual and careless' behaviour of people: I
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 22 (ANI): As many as 96 samples of coronavirus patients have been sent to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi and 4 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune to identify the strain of COVID-19, amid th
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WHO team visits Wuhan Institute of Virology on COVID-19 origins investigat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Wuhan [China], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Wednesday, as part of their mission to investigate the origins of COVID-19, local media reported.
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Continued strict COVID-19 measures required to reduce newer strains
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): A group of researchers is asking governments to consider the continued practice of strict COVID-19 measures and guidelines, as it's the only way to curb the spread and evolution of the newer strains.
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Thailand detects first patients with UK-linked strain of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Thailand has identified its first four cases of the new coronavirus strain that originated in the United Kingdom, the Thai PBS reported Sunday, citing the chief of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University, Yong Poo
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