Fang Bin, Man Who First Reported Covid-19 Outbreak In China Released From Jail After 3 Years
Fang Bin's videos posted to social media in early 2020 laid bare the realities of the virus` deadly spread, contradicting the official narrative presented on China`s tightly controlled state media.
May 05, 2023, 06:21 AM IST
China Rejects 'Covid-19 Virus Leaked From Lab' Claim, Says ‘Have Been Open And Transparent’
Covid-19 Origin: US Department of Energy recently assessed with “low confidence” that the pandemic that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 began with the “leak of a virus from a lab.”
Mar 01, 2023, 07:19 AM IST
Thousands gather in China's Wuhan, epicentre of Covid-19, to celebrate New Year
The total number of deaths in China linked to Covid-19 in December may hit 100,000, with at least 18.6 million cases
Jan 01, 2023, 09:19 AM IST
Covid-19 leaked from China's Wuhan lab, US govt to blame too, claims scientist in new book
"The US government is to blame for the transfer of dangerous biotechnology to the Chinese," the scientist told media outlets.
Dec 05, 2022, 17:18 PM IST
BBC journalist, covering protests in China, beaten and kicked by authorities in custody
This large-scale protest in China against Xi Jinping was apparently sparked by an apartment block fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province.
Nov 28, 2022, 09:52 AM IST
Mystery surrounds death of Chinese doctor who warned of Covid-19 pandemic
''Date” of the Chinese doctor who warned of COVID-19 remains a mystery. Dr Li was a China-based ophthalmologist who had warned his colleagues about initial COVID-19 infections in early 2020
Oct 07, 2022, 08:13 AM IST
China's Wuhan played role in AMPLIFYING Covid-19 pandemic: WHO advisory group
As per WHO advisory group, early investigations suggested that the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan played an important role early in the amplification of the pandemic with several of the patients first detected in December 2019 having had a link to the market and environmental samples from the market testing positive for SARS-CoV-2.
Jun 11, 2022, 23:39 PM IST
China creating new COVID strains in Pakistan, alleges expert
China is creating COVID-style pathogens in Pakistan that experts say has the potential to wipe out much of humanity.
Apr 14, 2022, 17:06 PM IST
China's Wuhan reports 10 new confirmed infections of Covid-19
As of Tuesday, the capital of central China`s Hubei province had reported a total of 14 confirmed coronavirus cases. The 14 people in six districts include ten locals and four non-locals.
Feb 23, 2022, 09:38 AM IST
NeoCov: Wuhan scientists warn of new type of Coronavirus with high death, infection rate
The startling revelation has been made by the scientists from the Wuhan University and Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The new study is not yet peer-reviewed and has been released in a preprint on bioRxiv.
Jan 28, 2022, 09:13 AM IST
US asks China to release journalist who reported Wuhan outbreak following her serious health condition
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was given a four-year jail term over her reporting of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.
Nov 09, 2021, 19:50 PM IST
COVID-19 origin may never be definitively identified: US Intelligence Community assessment
In May, Biden issued a directive to the 17 main US intelligence agencies, which make up the IC, to deliver a report on the origins of COVID-19 within 90 days.
Aug 28, 2021, 07:55 AM IST
New COVID variants will continue to emerge: Wuhan's 'bat woman's warning to the world
"We shouldn't panic, but we need to prepare to co-exist with the virus in the long term," Chna's virologist Shi Zhengli said
Aug 10, 2021, 23:24 PM IST
COVID-19 scare: China's Wuhan to test all residents as Delta variant rages
Aug 04, 2021, 10:27 AM IST
Wuhan's only foreign scientist tells her story on China’s lab at the heart of the coronavirus mystery
Danielle Anderson is the last and only foreign scientist who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is at the heart of the pandemic storm
Jun 29, 2021, 21:57 PM IST
COVID-19 cases spread in China earlier than recorded, claims new study
China`s first official case was recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan but the analysis published in the PLOS Pathogens journal argues that the most likely date for the emergence of the virus that causes COVID-19 was November 17, 2019.
Jun 27, 2021, 08:26 AM IST
China deleted COVID-19 data in possible cover-up: Report
According to a scientific paper, over a dozen coronavirus test sequences that were taken during the pandemic`s early months were removed from an international database used to track the virus` evolution.
Jun 24, 2021, 17:01 PM IST
China's 'massive cover-up' on COVID-19 continues, says WHO advisory board member
The Chinese deception involves "destroying samples, hiding records, placing a universal gag order on Chinese scientists and imprisoning Chinese citizen, journalists asking the most basic questions," said Jamie Metzl, the WHO official.
Jun 09, 2021, 14:54 PM IST
Origin of COVID-19: Dr Anthony Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers
"I would like to see the medical records of the three people who are reported to have got sick in 2019," Fauci said.
Jun 05, 2021, 12:12 PM IST
China: H10N3 bird flu infection reported in humans for the first time in world
China's National Health Commission said on Tuesday that it has confirmed the first case of human-transmitted infection from the H10N3 strain of bird flu in Jiangsu province. The NHC said that there had been no previous case of H10N3 bird flu infection in humans in the world.
Jun 02, 2021, 08:52 AM IST
