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Evidence of COVID-19 originating from Chinese lab continues to grow: Forme
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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
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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
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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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'Not convinced' Covid-19 developed naturally, says Dr Fauci
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Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): America's top expert on infectious diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci said he is "not convinced" the novel coronavirus developed naturally and has called for an open investigation into the origins of Covid-19 virus.
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Researchers from Wuhan lab sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak d
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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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China seeks to 'Sinicise' Tibetan religion, calls for crackdown on 'separa
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Lhasa [Tibet], May 23 (ANI): Despite international condemnation over human rights violations by Beijing in Tibet, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) top official in Lhasa called for greater stress on Chinese elements in religion and a crackdown on 'separatism' in the region.
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Scientists slam WHO's report, calls for further investigation into COVID-1
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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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Evidence shows COVID-19 virus could have been created in a Wuhan lab, from
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Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives the world over for more than a year and caused over three million deaths and the evidence adds up to a serious case that the virus could have been created in a Chinese lab from which it then escaped, says Nicholas Wa
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Evidence suggests coronavirus originated from Wuhan lab, says Pompeo
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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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12 killed as tornados hit Chinese cities
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Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): At least 12 people were killed as back to back tornados hit Wuhan city in central China and Suzhou in east China.
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Two Chinese activists face punishment for posting censored COVID-19 articl
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Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Two Chinese activists, who faced a stringent crackdown for reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, are facing punishment after being tried in a Beijing court earlier this week.
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Beijing's new Covid firewall shores up to keep out COVID-19
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Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China is shoring up its border to fence all provinces and cities to keep out the novel coronavirus after the nation largely banished the pandemic after it first emerged in the city of Wuhan, known as Beijing's new Covid firewall.
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