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Chinese scientist at center of virus controvery denies lab leak theory
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
"How on earth can I offer up evidence for something where there is no evidence?" Dr Shi Zhengli told the New York Times in rare comments to the media. "I don't ...
Chinese scientist at center of virus controversy denies lab-leak theory
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
"How on earth can I offer up evidence for something where there is no evidence?" Dr Shi Zhengli told The New York Times in rare comments to the media. "I don't ...
Masks off, mortarboards on: Wuhan sheds Covid for mass graduation
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
Students in navy gowns and mortarboards sat in crowded rows, without social distancing or face masks, beneath the sign that read: "Welcoming the graduates of 20...
G7 vows action on Covid vaccines, climate change
Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)
In a final communique issued at their first physical summit in nearly two years, the leaders of the elite club largely hewed to US President Joe Biden's push to...
Elephants in India tested for coronavirus after rare lion's death
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
In what is believed to be the first known death of an animal in India from the coronavirus, a nine-year-old lioness at a zoo in Chennai in Tamil Nadu state pass...
Biden to announce mass vaccine donations as first overseas tour begins
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
His multilateral charm offensive began even before he touched down in England for a packed week that takes in a G7 leaders' meeting, summits with NATO and the E...
South Asian nations turn to China, Russia for vaccine help
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
Nepal halted inoculations at the end of May after its stock of AstraZeneca shots and Chinese Sinopharm jabs ran short. The programme resumed on Tuesday after a ...
China to offer Covid-19 vaccine to children as young as three
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
Since the coronavirus first emerged in central China, Beijing has mostly managed to bring the country's outbreak under control, and has administered over 777 mi...
US senators in Taiwan and announce vaccine donation
Jun 06, 2021 (AFP)
The high profile delegation and gift comes as Taiwan accuses China of hampering its efforts to secure enough doses as part of Beijing's ongoing campaign to keep...
APEC ministers agree to expedite Covid-19 vaccine trade
Jun 05, 2021 (AFP)
The June 4-5 meeting of the trade officials, chaired by New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O'Connor, was held online due to the pandemic. I...
Japan donates more than 1 million Covid-19 jabs to Taiwan
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
The move stirred anger in Beijing, which views democratic and self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and works to keep the island diplomatically isolated. "We h...
Japan donates more than 1 million AstraZeneca jabs to Taiwan
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
The move is likely to stir controversy with Beijing, which views democratic and self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and works to keep the island diplomatical...
Release medical records of bat cave patients, Fauci urges China: FT
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
The "lab leak" theory has gained increasing traction, fueled by reports that six miners fell ill in 2012 and three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virol...
UN optimistic on conquering AIDS by 2030
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
The UNAIDS agency said at least 40 countries were on track to achieve a 90-percent drop in AIDS-related mortality by 2030, including nine countries in eastern a...
First human case of H10N3 bird flu: What we know
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
Here is what we know. - What was found? - The case of H10N3 bird flu announced by China on Tuesday is the first of its strain observed in humans. "The patient i...
South Africa hails WHO approval of Chinese Sinovac jab
Jun 02, 2021 (AFP)
The emergency approval for the Beijing-based firm Sinovac's two-dose vaccine CoronaVac, announced Tuesday, opens the door for the jabs to be included in the Cov...
A peek behind the IT curtain of EU's 'vaccine passport'
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
But some 10 weeks later, they are ready to launch the region's first online "vaccine passport", with the lofty aim of making summer travel easier for Europeans....
US, Australia scale back war games over Covid fears
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
The biannual "Talisman Sabre" war games -- seen as a key symbol of the countries' alliance -- will take place in July, but will be roughly half the usual size, ...
WHO approves China's Sinovac Covid jab
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
The UN health agency signed off on the Beijing-based firm Sinovac's two-dose vaccine CoronaVac, which is already being deployed in several countries around the ...
China confirms first human case of bird flu strain
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in the eastern city of Zhenjiang on April 28 and was diagnosed with H10N3 a month later, China's ...
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