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
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
China's Wuhan played role in amplifying COVID-19 pandemic, further investigations recommended: WHO advisory groupIn their first report, a WHO advisory group said that key recommendations are provided for further studies needed on humans, animals and th...
12 Jun, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
Market in China's Wuhan likely origin of COVID-19 outbreak - studyThe first known COVID-19 case was a market vendor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, not an accountant who appeared to have no link to the marke...
19 Nov, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
COVID-19 either emerged naturally or it was laboratory accident, says US intelligence communityWhile two elements of the intelligence community lean toward the former scenario and one leans more toward the latter - each with low or mo...
27 May, 2021, 10.57 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
EXPLAINER-The WHO's theories about the origins of COVID-19 after Wuhan probePeter Ben Embarek, the WHO's leading animal disease expert, said the team conducted scientific investigations into four main scenarios abou...
10 Feb, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
WHO delegation visits Wuhan market in hunt for coronavirus originAccording to The Hill, Peter Daszak, president of a US-based group EcoHealth Alliance and a member of the delegation, confirmed the visit i...
01 Feb, 2021, 04.52 AM IST
World Health Organisation team visits Wuhan market where first COVID-19 infections detectedThe team arrived at Huanan amid heavy security, with additional barricades set up outside a high blue fence surrounding the market, and lef...
31 Jan, 2021, 04.57 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
'We are not afraid': Wuhan residents say they hope WHO team finds virus originsAn international team of investigators is expected to travel to China in January, the WHO said on Thursday, more than a year after the firs...
17 Dec, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
China reports 34 new coronavirus cases; submits virus genome sequence to WHOBeijing reported 22 newly confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases and two asymptomatic cases on Friday, the municipal health comm...
20 Jun, 2020, 12.16 PM IST
COVID-19: China reports 37 new cases; Beijing implements wartime measuresThe National Health Commission (NHC) said that 32 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country on Thursday of which 28 were do...
19 Jun, 2020, 10.26 AM IST
Coronavirus may have spread in Wuhan in August, Harvard research shows, but China dismissive"Increased hospital traffic and symptom search data in Wuhan preceded the documented start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in December 2019," ac...
09 Jun, 2020, 06.01 PM IST
China should come forward with real evidence about where coronavirus developed: US National Security Advisor Robert O'BrienEver since the virus came to light in Wuhan in December last year, speculation has been rife on whether the viral strain originated from th...
22 Apr, 2020, 12.50 PM IST
Wet markets important risk factor for disease spread: UN biodiversity chiefWild animals sold in the Huanan Seafood Market are believed to be the source of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 8...
08 Apr, 2020, 11.43 AM 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