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China declines WHO Covid 'lab leak' theory, calls it a 'lie'China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian has rejected accusations that China had not fully cooperated with WHO investigators. And su...10 Jun, 2022, 03.47 PM IST- Two years into pandemic, the origin of Covid tormenting the world still remains a mysteryMost scientists believe it emerged in the wild and jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another animal. Others theorise i...11 Dec, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
- Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal originsLast month, Worobey published a COVID-19 timeline linking the first known human case to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China...11 Dec, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
- Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal originsNow, with the global COVID-19 death toll surpassing 5.2 million on the second anniversary of the earliest human cases, a growing chorus of ...10 Dec, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
- American spy agencies say origins of COVID-19 may never be knownSome U.S. spy agencies had strongly favored the explanation that the virus originated in nature. But there has been little corroboration an...30 Oct, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
- US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirusAccording to an unclassified summary, four members of the U.S. intelligence community say with low confidence that the virus was initially ...28 Aug, 2021, 09.10 AM IST
- COVID-19: Why lab-leak theory is back despite little new evidenceThere are apparently intelligence reports of several lab workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology getting sick in November 2019. If true,...22 Jun, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
- View: COVID-19, China’s bioweapon warfare strategy and global securityAn issue which needs to be discussed at length is whether Covid-19 is a mere virus having a natural origin or has it been developed in a la...08 Jun, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
- 'Outright lies', says China on reports that it probed weaponising coronaviruses in 2015According to media reports, which referred to the documents obtained by the US officials, scientists of the Chinese People's Liberation Arm...11 May, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
- The misinformation guide: Coronavirus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theoriesTheir claims were explosive, but the evidence was weak.15 Feb, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
- Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID-19, China took leading roleA nine-month investigation of state-sponsored disinformation conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Resear...15 Feb, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
- Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus effortsIn countries like the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania and Bulgaria, vaccine skeptics have included former presidents and even some ...17 Jan, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
- Google says no to 'dangerous content', bans ads on coronavirus conspiracy theoriesThe tech allows only certain institutions to run ads about the coronavirus pandemic.18 Jul, 2020, 05.38 PM IST
- Did the novel coronavirus originate in a lab? Close relative of SARS-CoV-2 suggests it evolved naturally, says studyBats are the most likely natural hosts for the virus.12 May, 2020, 05.09 PM IST
- Canary in the Bioweapon Coal Mine: The lessons of Covid 19 pandemicCovid 19 is the canary in the coal mine, warning humanity against trying to harness the destructive power of pathogens whose lethal nature ...05 Apr, 2020, 09.39 AM IST
- Coronavirus infodemic in its second stage: Fact checkersIn India, fact-checkers tell ET, the coronavirus infodemic is now in its second wave of sorts (the first one was China-focused in January),...19 Mar, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
- Coronavirus fallout: Deepika Padukone to give Paris Fashion Week a missFrance has till now confirmed 130 cases and two deaths from COVID-19.03 Mar, 2020, 12.06 PM IST
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