China's third Covid wave: Will the Wuhan incident repeat? China remains quietChina is suffering from the havoc of the Corona epidemic and there is an atmosphere of tension all over the world. It is estimated that 2 m...
22 Dec, 2022, 01.33 PM IST
China's Sinovac COVID-19 booster weaker against Omicron: Hong Kong StudySinovac's CoronaVac and state-owned Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine are the two most-used vaccines in China.
23 Dec, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
CoronaVac vaccine: its results are patchy, but the world can't ignore its usefulnessThe latter, developed by the Sinovac Biotech company, is the latest COVID-19 vaccine to be authorised for emergency use by the World Health...
24 Jul, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine effective but some data lacking - WHO expertsThe assessment came shortly after WHO SAGE experts had voiced "very low confidence" in data provided by Chinese state-owned drugmaker Sinop...
05 May, 2021, 08.54 PM IST
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte refuses to stop South China Sea patrolsTensions over the sea -- which China claims almost entirely -- have spiked as Beijing refuses to pull out vessels from the Philippines' Exc...
29 Apr, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID-19 vaccine despite low efficacy rateThe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Thursday granted Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to CoronaVac, developed by Chinese c...
10 Apr, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
Sinovac vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to Brazil variant, says studyThe emergence of variants of the new coronavirus has raised concern that vaccines and treatments that were developed based on previous stra...
05 Mar, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
For Athawale, 'Go Corona Go' is passe; it is 'No Corona' in response to new COVID-19 strainIn February, a video of Athawale, along with a Chinese diplomat and Buddhist monks chanting "Go corona, go corona" at a prayer meeting went...
27 Dec, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
Brazil drug agency questions 'transparency' of China vaccineThe Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Monday accused China of using criteria that "are not transparent" to win emergency approval of its...
15 Dec, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Halted Brazil trials of Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine cause surpriseThe potential vaccine is being developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac and in Brazil would be mostly produced by Sao Paulo's st...
10 Nov, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
Union minister Ramdas Athawale tests positive, hospitalised in MumbaiAthawale (60) is a member of the Rajya Sabha and minister of state for social justice in the Narendra Modi-led ministry. The minister is al...
27 Oct, 2020, 02.21 PM IST
View: Here's how India can easily convert the coronavirus crisis into an opportunityFor optimists we must be. If we give up hope and fall into despair, we will never be able to make the Indian economy recover. We have to st...
03 Aug, 2020, 10.22 AM IST
View: In the evolving geopolitical dynamic after Covid, India should side with democracies against ChinaChina’s irresponsible conduct during the pandemic has woken the world up to the dangers of getting seduced by Beijing’s economic heft. As p...
17 Jun, 2020, 12.24 PM IST
Northwest China sees return of coronavirus casesShaanxi province reported 21 new infections from abroad as well as seven cases with no clinical symptoms, all of whom were travellers on a ...
21 Apr, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
Covid hits USA badly: Hello from my bunker to yoursThe economy is in a tailspin and expected to shrink anywhere between 14% (JPMorgan Chase) to 24% (Goldman Sachs). The worst quarter of the ...
15 Apr, 2020, 12.41 AM IST
China sees rise in asymptomatic coronavirus casesImported cases and asymptomatic patients, who show no symptoms but can still pass the virus to others, have become China's chief concern in...
06 Apr, 2020, 12.19 PM IST
India's first NiV outbreak victim town Siliguri is sinking deep under panic following Corona outbreak in ChinaWith the death toll crossing 100, Corona Virus outbreak in China has set Siliguri in West Bengal under deep panic. The small city at close ...
29 Jan, 2020, 10.05 AM IST