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WHO experts to visit China on Thursday
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): An international expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to arrive in China on Thursday to conduct joint scientific research with Chinese scientists on the origin of the novel coronavirus, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
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Another Wuhan awaits China at Hebei following surge in COVID-19 infections
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Amid the Chinese claims of COVID-19 containment, another Wuhan awaits in Hebei province, a geographical buffer zone around the capital Beijing, reported Asia Times.
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China - a year in review and preview
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): 2020 will go down as a year of infamy, headlined by the COVID-19 pandemic. As much as it tries, China cannot evade culpability for initially mishandling the spread of the virus from its Wuhan epicenter. This ongoing health crisis is inextricably linked to China
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs worsen China
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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Turkey should not sign extradition treaty with China, demands Uyghur Congr
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], December 30 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) on Tuesday called on Turkey to abide by international law and the "principle of non-refoulement" and refrain from signing the extradition treaty with the government of China.
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US calls for release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI): Condemning China for "sham prosecution and conviction", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called for the release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and later sentenc
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EU demands release of whistleblower of Wuhan virus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 29 (ANI): The European Union External Action Service (EEAS) on Tuesday demanded that Beijing free citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and sentenced to four years of imprisonment.
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Yearender 2020: The year NATO realised the China threat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The year 2020 saw the world struggling with the 'new normal' and responding to the economic damage induced by the Wuhan-originated coronavirus. It also witnessed the world leaders acknowledging the rise of China as an "imminent threat" to all countries i
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New COVID-19 variant existent in Germany since November: Media
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain earlier this month seems to have been present in Germany since November, German national daily Die Welt said Monday.
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China jails citizen journalist Zhang Zhan for 4 years over Wuhan COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 28 (ANI): Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over COVID-19, has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment on Monday, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
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Fluidigm's FDA-EUA Authorized Saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay - Now f
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): It's been a year now since the first few human cases of COVID-19 infection were reported amidst the busy wholesale food market of China's Wuhan city. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, thought to have its origin in Bats, soon spread to caus
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Pompeo urges countries to join US to hold China accountable for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Monday (local time) lambasted Beijing for covering up the Coronavirus outbreak in China saying that the US and the world is beginning to" build up its efforts to push back" and hold China accountable.
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