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
WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid's originsThe NYT report said that the genetic data was drawn from swabs taken from in and around the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market starting in Jan...
18 Mar, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
New data links pandemic's origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan marketThe genetic data was drawn from swabs taken from in and around the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market starting in January 2020, shortly after ...
17 Mar, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
Coronavirus was not a lab leak, it came from the Wuhan market, study saysThe take-home message is the COVID pandemic probably did begin where the first cases were detected - at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market...
15 Aug, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
COVID-19 most likely of natural origin, not leaked from lab: StudyAmid a global debate around the origins of the deadly virus, 21 eminent scientists from universities and research institutes around the wor...
09 Jul, 2021, 03.39 PM IST
Chinese researchers removed key Covid-19 gene data from NIH databaseJesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, described the removal of the sequencing data in a new p...
24 Jun, 2021, 03.57 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
UK, US scientists call for fuller probe into COVID-19 Wuhan lab leak theoryA group of leading UK and US scientists, including Indian-origin Cambridge University immunology and infectious disease expert Ravindra Gup...
14 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in WuhanTeam member Peter Daszak sounded upbeat on arriving at the airport Wednesday at the end of the four-week trip to the central Chinese city o...
11 Feb, 2021, 08.14 AM IST
What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in WuhanThe visit was politically sensitive for China — which is concerned about any allegations it didn't handle the initial outbreak properly — a...
10 Feb, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
The WHO's China mission: Five questions still unansweredWHO team members said they were granted full access to the sites and individuals they requested to visit.
10 Feb, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
WHO team in Wuhan says discussions open, meetings frankIn a tweet, zoologist and team member Peter Daszak praised Wednesday's meetings with staff at the key Wuhan Institute of Virology, includin...
04 Feb, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
How experts will hunt for COVID origins in ChinaThe visit has been shrouded in secrecy: The WHO tweeted Thursday a few details of what they will do, but it's unknown how much access China...
29 Jan, 2021, 09.44 AM IST
How experts plan to hunt for COVID origins in ChinaThe visit has been shrouded in secrecy: Details of their itinerary have not been released, and it's unknown how much access China will give...
28 Jan, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
What is WHO team in Wuhan looking for?The visit has been shrouded in secrecy, with neither China nor the WHO revealing exactly what the team will do or where it will go. The sea...
14 Jan, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
China exonerates self in whitepaper on Covid-19, says virus first noticed on Dec 27A whitepaper by Chinese govt just gave a lengthy explanation to refute the allegations of cover up and delay.
07 Jun, 2020, 08.46 PM IST
Coronavirus in China may have come from bats: StudiesThe coronavirus outbreak, which originated in the central Hubei province of China in December, has killed 361 with 57 deaths reported on Su...
03 Feb, 2020, 08.54 PM IST