China pushes back at WHO criticism over delayed Wuhan Covid dataAt the heart of the spat among officials between the WHO and China is a new set of data on specimens collected three years ago at the marke...
09 Apr, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
US set to lift COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers from China: SourceLast week, Japan dropped a requirement that everyone take a test for the virus upon arrival from China. The source told Reuters the United ...
08 Mar, 2023, 07.38 AM IST
China says Covid deaths down by nearly 80 percentBeijing's figures are believed to only represent a fraction of the true toll, given China's narrow definition of a Covid death and official...
26 Jan, 2023, 08.21 AM IST
China releases new COVID-19 control protocol, calls for monitoring mutated variantsThe 10th edition of the virus prevention and control protocol has been released in accordance to the decision to downgrade the epidemic man...
08 Jan, 2023, 07.31 AM IST
Omicron subvariants BA.5.2, BF.7 responsible for latest COVID outbreak in China: WHOIn a statement, WHO said that the Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) held a meeting with the Chinese Center for Disease C...
05 Jan, 2023, 06.42 AM IST
35 in China infected by 'Langya' virus; here's all you need to know about itA total of 35 human infections related to the Langya henipavirus has found in China's Shandong and Henan provinces, which can be transmitte...
10 Aug, 2022, 09.49 AM IST
China says it is ready for Omicron with tests, zero-Covid strategyChina on Tuesday said it is ready to tackle the newly-detected Omicron coronavirus variant, and it is confident that the country's zero-Cov...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.19 PM IST
China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins, promoting theories that Covid originated elsewhereThe government is monitoring scientists' findings and mandating that the publication of any research first be approved by a new task force ...
30 Dec, 2020, 04.49 PM IST
China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firmsThe flawed testing system — at a time when the virus could have been slowed — stopped scientists and officials from seeing how fast it was ...
03 Dec, 2020, 03.39 PM IST
Can Covid-19 spread through food? Living coronavirus found on frozen food packagingThe CDC said it detected and isolated the living virus on the outer packaging.
19 Oct, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
Living coronavirus found on frozen food packaging in ChinaIt is for the first time in the world that living novel coronavirus has been isolated from the outer packaging of cold-chain food, the Chin...
18 Oct, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
Coronavirus found in unoccupied apartment suggests toilets could have a role in spreadTraces of SARS-CoV-2 were detected in February on the sink, faucet and shower handle of a long-vacant apartment, researchers at the Chinese...
27 Aug, 2020, 09.19 AM IST
China shares virus genome data, officials suggest European strainChina, which had been under pressure to make the data public sooner rather than later as Covid-19 cases mount in the country's capital, sai...
19 Jun, 2020, 11.36 PM IST
Coronavirus contamination: Indian handset companies call up govt for clarityThe association has issued a limited advisory to its members based on one from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Th...
31 Jan, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
China eyes slew of deals during Li Keqiang's visitChina is making a major shift towards financial diplomacy with India compared to its earlier focus on winning construction contracts and se...
19 May, 2013, 08.47 AM IST
- UK's CDC Group to pump in $1 bn
CDC Group, the UK government backed private equity investor and the parent of Globeleq and Actis, has committed to put almost $1 billion in...
31 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- UK-private equity firm puts $1 bn in emerging market's fund
This fund will operate across emerging markets in Africa and Asia, including India.
29 Jan, 2008, 03.46 PM IST