The last and only foreign scientist in Wuhan Lab speaks outHalf-truths and distorted information have obscured an accurate accounting of the lab's functions and activities, which were more routine t...
28 Jun, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
What the world wants China to disclose in Wuhan lab leak probeThe Group of Seven leaders this weekend are set to call for a fresh, transparent, World Health Organization-convened study into the origins...
11 Jun, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
WHO-led team in Wuhan probing COVID origins meet Chinese scientistsThe group is expected to spend two more weeks in China, and will visit the seafood market at the centre of the early outbreak. It will also...
29 Jan, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
China claims coronavirus broke out in world's various parts last year; it only reported firstThe Chinese Foreign Ministry statement was made as the World Health Organisation (WHO) was gearing up to probe the origin of the deadly cor...
09 Oct, 2020, 06.32 PM IST
Mutation in virus may hamper vaccine progressA study published in a medical journal has revealed that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, has undergone multiple mutations in its "spike ...
02 Sep, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
Takeaways from internal documents on China's coronavirus responsePresident Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day, Jan. 20. By then, more than 3,000 people had been infected during nearly a week ...
16 Apr, 2020, 06.00 PM IST
China didn't warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key daysPresident Xi Jinping warned the public on the seventh day, January 20.
15 Apr, 2020, 03.40 PM IST
Coronavirus detected in Wuhan in late December: ChinaSince the coronavirus outbreak, the pandemic has killed 3,331 people in China with the number of infections rising to 81,740, the National ...
07 Apr, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
A Wuhan shrimp seller identified as coronavirus 'patient zero'Identified as Wei Guixian, she was selling shrimps at the Huanan Seafood Market when she developed a cold.
30 Mar, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Chinese biz major Fosun donates masks to India to fight Covid-19The first batch of medical protective supplies to India, 5,000 pieces of surgical masks that were cleared for use in the “red zone” of hosp...
18 Mar, 2020, 08.53 AM IST
Trump officials emphasise that coronavirus 'Made in China'There's one thing the Trump administration wants Americans to remember about the coronavirus pandemic: It carries the "Made in China" label.
12 Mar, 2020, 12.15 PM IST
Facebook says no to fake news, joins hands with WHO to combat misinformation about coronavirusThe tech company had previously taken other measures to fight virus hoaxes and misinformation on the platform.
04 Mar, 2020, 06.07 PM IST
Tradition comes to rescue: China administers 3,000-year-old medicine on patients affected by CoronavirusTreatment in Wuhan hospitals combine TCM and western medicines.
15 Feb, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
China sacrifices a province to save the world from CoronavirusUnprecedented scenes are emerging daily from Hubei, the landlocked region of 60 million people.
07 Feb, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Unknowns of the new virus make global quarantines a struggleAs Beijing's authoritarian leadership faces questions over having kept its citizens in the dark for weeks before infections started to expl...
05 Feb, 2020, 01.34 PM IST
Three confirmed cases of Coronavirus in India, all from KeralaThe patient, a student of the Wuhan University, is stable and in isolation at a hospital.
03 Feb, 2020, 01.23 PM IST
The age, sex and symptoms of China’s Coronavirus victimsThe virus has already spread to other parts of China and elsewhere triggering memories of the SARS pandemic.
25 Jan, 2020, 10.53 AM IST