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
Jurists' body seeks 'white paper' on COVID from WHOThe ICJ called for a 'White Paper' to be released by WHO to "dispel doubts from across the globe on the origin and spread of coronavirus." ...
28 May, 2021, 08.00 PM IST
WHO Rules Out Any Lab Theory on VirusPanel says coronavirus most likely jumped to humans through an animal host or frozen wildlife products
10 Feb, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
China warns against presumptions over COVID-19 origin as WHO experts begin probe in WuhanThe 14-member World Health Organization team of international scientists, who had been confined to their hotel in Wuhan due to the quaranti...
28 Jan, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Year on from first Covid-19 death, Wuhan basks in recoveryOn Monday morning, the anniversary slipped by unmarked in Wuhan -- commuters moved freely to work while parks and riverside promenades buzz...
11 Jan, 2021, 12.26 PM IST
A year after first death in China, coronavirus source still a puzzleNearly two million deaths later, the pandemic is out of control across much of the world, leaving tens of millions ill, a pulverised global...
10 Jan, 2021, 05.07 PM IST
One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and emptyAlmost a year since the outbreak began, COVID-19 has claimed more than 1.5 million lives, and the Wuhan wet market where it was initially d...
11 Dec, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emergedNie and other shop owners along a narrow street, part of the larger wet market, were busily gutting fish for streams of buyers - some not w...
08 Dec, 2020, 11.49 AM IST
China tries to flip the pandemic script, starring a 'reborn' WuhanThe PR blitz plays out daily in comments by Chinese officials and lavish state media coverage of a "reborn" Wuhan that trumpets China's epi...
06 Sep, 2020, 10.36 AM IST
Wuhan virology lab head calls virus leak claims ‘pure fabrication'President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have repeatedly said they suspect the virus that was first detected in Wuhan was ...
25 May, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
Singer Bryan Adams goes on an expletive-loaded rant, blames 'bat eating' wet markets for putting world on holdThe musician's comments drew criticism on social media, with many calling it a racist attack.
12 May, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
China's Wuhan city discharges last COVID-19 patient from hospitalThe last COVID-19 patient in Wuhan has been discharged and the hospitals in the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic in the central...
27 Apr, 2020, 11.48 AM 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
Wuhan's 'wet markets' struggle after virus lockdownShut down during the lengthy quarantine that sealed off Wuhan until April 8, the city's wet markets are now fighting for survival as custom...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Wet markets in China's Wuhan struggle to survive coronavirus blowFish and vegetable merchants are reopening stalls at wet markets in China's central city of Wuhan as it lifts a months-long lockdown agains...
12 Apr, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
US lawmakers urge China to shut down 'wet markets' amid coronavirus crisisA wet market sells fresh meat, fish, produce, and other perishable goods as distinguished from "dry markets". It gets its name from the flo...
10 Apr, 2020, 01.12 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