'Batwoman' Shi Zhengli discovered a new bat coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 and its impact on human health. Who is she?New bat coronavirus in China: A team of Chinese researchers, led by 'batwoman' Shi Zhengli discovered a new bat coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 whic...
25 Feb, 2025, 08.50 PM IST
Another pandemic? China scientists discover new bat coronavirus that poses risk of animal-to-human transmissionA team of Chinese researchers have discovered a new bat coronavirus with the potential for animal-to-human transmission. The virus, named H...
21 Feb, 2025, 06.20 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
China silent on independent probe on charges of COVID-19 leak from Wuhan bio labCalls for an independent investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which devastated the world after emerging from Wuhan have become...
26 May, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
WHO's coronavirus origins report: All you need to know about the four theories in playThe final report, a joint WHO-China study, which AFP obtained Monday ahead of its official release, spelled out how the joint team of Chine...
29 Mar, 2021, 07.59 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 mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirusExperts believe the disease -- which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million people worldwide -- originated in bats and could have been t...
09 Feb, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
China bat caves need exploring in search for COVID origins, WHO team member saysThe origin of the coronavirus has become highly politicised following accusations, especially by the United States, that China was not tran...
04 Feb, 2021, 04.50 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
China honours 'Bat Woman' of controversial Wuhan lab as WHO team arrives to probe COVID-19 originsOutgoing US President Donald Trump has alleged that the novel coronavirus emanated from WIV before it spread across the world and claimed m...
15 Jan, 2021, 08.39 PM IST
China is making it harder to solve the mystery of how Covid beganChina has effectively snuffed out Covid-19, thanks to stringent border curbs, mass testing and a surveillance network that allows infected ...
31 Dec, 2020, 10.22 AM IST
WHO team to visit China next week to investigate origins of coronavirusWHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke in January about an agreement with China for sending a team of international exper...
04 Jul, 2020, 01.38 PM IST
The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spatThe Chinese laboratory accused by top American officials of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic conducts research on the world's m...
06 May, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
Looking into reports that coronavirus 'escaped' from China's Wuhan lab: Donald TrumpThe US has been conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the deadly virus "escaped" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Fox New...
18 Apr, 2020, 09.51 AM IST
Kerala declares coronavirus outbreak as state disasterThe World Health Organization (WHO) was alerted to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan at the end of December. Chinese authorities confirme...
04 Feb, 2020, 05.21 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