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Covid origins report: the four theories in play

Mar 29, 2021 (AFP)

The final report, a joint WHO-China study, which AFP obtained Monday ahead of its official release, spelled out how the joint team of Chinese scientists and int...

The Wuhan lab at the heart of the 'extremely unlikely' leak theory

Mar 29, 2021 (AFP)

And a WHO report -- seen on Monday by AFP before its official release -- found that Covid-19 was most probably first passed to humans from a bat through an inte...

UAE, China launch project to produce Sinopharm vaccine

Mar 28, 2021 (AFP)

The UAE's Group 42 and China's CNBG "have launched a joint project... to initiate the first Covid-19 vaccine production line in the UAE", said official Emirati ...

Former US CDC head thinks coronavirus came from Chinese lab

Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)

Robert Redfield, who served in the top public health role under former president Donald Trump, told CNN: "If I was to guess, this virus started transmitting som...

Global jabs pass half a billion as WHO seeks vaccines for poor nations

Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)

Despite the huge effort to get jabs into arms, the pandemic is still surging in Europe and Latin America -- where Brazil has now passed 300,000 deaths and Mexic...

Lawmakers ask Biden to make COVID vaccine mandatory for troops

Mar 25, 2021 (UPI)

Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., sent a letter to the White House Wednesday along with six other House Democrats, urging Biden to issue a waiver making the COVID-1...

Ukraine sets virus death record for third straight day

Mar 25, 2021 (AFP)

The ex-Soviet country's ageing healthcare system is struggling to cope with the contagion and its Covid-19 vaccination drive has made a stuttering start. Health...

Hong Kong and Macau suspend Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine over 'flawed' vials

Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)

"For the sake of precaution, the current vaccination must be suspended during the period of investigation," Hong Kong's government said in a statement. Both Chi...

Hong Kong clinic punished for recommending foreign vaccine over Chinese jab

Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)

The move illustrates the Hong Kong government's sensitivity to any criticism of the Sinovac vaccine, which has a comparatively lower efficacy rate and was fast-...

Estonia to issue digital vaccine certificates from April

Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)

"We are planning to have our certificates ready in April together with our partner Guardtime," said Kalle Killar, undersecretary for e-health and innovation at ...

Russia, China reject accusations of vaccine opportunism

Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)

Speaking to reporters after talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted that both countries were guided by principle...

China approves inhaled CanSino vaccine for clinical trials

Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)

The move comes after the National Medical Products Administration gave another CanSino vaccine conditional approval last month, allowing it for public use. Chin...

Hungary approves second Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine

Mar 22, 2021 (AFP)

"In recent days the Hungarian regulator the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI) approved a further two vaccines: CanSino and Covishield," Chief...

Niger receives 400,000 Sinopharm jabs from China

Mar 21, 2021 (AFP)

A cargo plane carrying the jabs, as well as 300,000 antigen tests, masks and protective equipment arrived at Niamey airport, the ministry said. It would start r...

G7 finance ministers discuss Covid aid for poor

Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)

Finance minister Rishi Sunak is hosting counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States for the meeting, held online owing to Covi...

Covid may become 'seasonal', UN says

Mar 18, 2021 (AFP)

More than a year after the novel coronavirus first surfaced in China, a number of mysteries still surround the spread of the disease that has killed nearly 2.7 ...

Covid origins report postponed, likely due next week: WHO

Mar 16, 2021 (AFP)

"The report is simply not ready," World Health Organization spokesman Christian Lindmeier told reporters. "What we hear from the technical experts, from the mis...

China to issue visas to foreigners who have taken Chinese jab

Mar 16, 2021 (AFP)

The country has been closed to most foreigners since last March to stem the spread of coronavirus which it has largely brought under control at home, stranding ...

Gilead, Merck team up to develop long-acting HIV drug

Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)

The companies aim to combine two of their existing medications to "provide new, meaningful treatment options for people living with HIV," the virus that causes ...

World awaits China Covid origins report

Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)

The coronavirus pandemic has engulfed the planet, killing more than 2.6 million people and shredding the global economy since the first cases emerged in the Chi...