China rejects WHO plan for study of COVID-19 origin China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory, a top health official said. World 22 Jul, 2021
Delta variant behind more than 80% of US cases, Fauci says The Delta variant of the coronavirus is the cause of more than 80% of new US COVID-19 cases, but the authorized vaccines remain more than 90% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths, said top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci during U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday. Health 21 Jul, 2021
First COVID-19 case could have emerged in China in Oct 2019: study The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed on Friday. World 25 Jun, 2021
China's COVID-hit Shenzhen suspends direct flights to Beijing Direct flights from the southern city of Shenzhen to Beijing have been suspended until at least July 1, booking apps showed, ahead of celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party's founding in the capital on that date. World 23 Jun, 2021
Dongguan becomes latest city in China's Guangdong to be hit by COVID-19 The major manufacturing hub of Dongguan in China's most populous province of Guangdong launched mass testing on Monday for the coronavirus and cordoned off communities after detecting its first infections in the current outbreak. World 21 Jun, 2021
China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin Top US and Chinese diplomats appear to have had another sharply worded exchange, with Beijing saying it told the US to cease interfering in its internal affairs and accusing Washington of politicizing the search for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. World 12 Jun, 2021
Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers - FT Top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. World 05 Jun, 2021
Biden orders more intel investigation of COVID-19 origin US President Joe Biden ordered US intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory. World 27 May, 2021
Nepal govt confirms detection of of B. 1. 617. 2 variant of coronavirus months after advent of second wave Presence of third, new variant of coronavirus confirmed by Nepal government Environment 19 May, 2021
Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. World 17 Apr, 2021
WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. World 30 Mar, 2021
China outlines COVID-origin findings, ahead of WHO report Chinese officials briefed diplomats Friday on the ongoing research into the origin of COVID-19, ahead of the expected release of a long-awaited report from the World Health Organization. World 27 Mar, 2021
