China Coronavirus
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Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 sequence allowed back in his lab after protesting for days
World | May 01, 2024, 10:57 AM ISTChinese virologist Zhang Yongzhen said he staged a sit-in protest after he and his team were suddenly evicted from the lab. The Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre said his lab was being renovated, but the scientist refuted the claims, saying he was not informed earlier.
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Chinese scientist, who first published COVID sequence, kicked out of his lab citing 'safety concerns
World | Apr 30, 2024, 05:52 PM ISTThe Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center said that Zhang’s lab was informed about the move and added the lab was closed for “safety reasons.” However, the Chinese scientist refuted the government's claims and said he wasn't informed earlier.
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US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron I CHECK if you have these symptoms
Health | May 26, 2023, 04:23 PM ISTThe new research, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, includes more than 8,600 adults who had COVID-19 at different points in the pandemic, comparing them to another 1,100 who hadn’t been infected.
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'Finding COVID-19's origins is moral imperative': WHO chief on 3 years of declaring 'pandemic'
World | Mar 12, 2023, 05:59 PM ISTEarlier last month, the US Department of Energy reassessed the theory of lab leaks and reclaimed that the lethal virus leaked from a lab in China's Wuhan city in 2019.
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China boosts defence budget by 7.2% amid 'security challenges'; Where does India stand?
World | Mar 05, 2023, 03:03 PM ISTNotably, this is too low when compared to the US which had announced spending more than $800 million-- nearly four times what China announced on Sunday.
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China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop; COVID-19 or slow economy responsible?
World | Jan 17, 2023, 04:21 PM ISTOver one million fewer babies were born than the previous year, amid a slowing economy and widespread lockdowns, according to official figures.
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COVID Alert! Australia takes U-turn; mandates pre-departure COVID-19 tests for passengers from China
World | Jan 01, 2023, 10:26 AM ISTThe requirement will apply to all air travellers aged two and older from the three countries and will begin on January 5.
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Nearly half of 2 Chinese passenger flights test positive for COVID after landing in Italy
World | Dec 29, 2022, 08:31 AM ISTAs per reports, out of the 92 passengers, at least 35 reportedly turned positive for the COVID infection. While on another plane, 62 out of 120 passengers were found infected with the virus.
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Chinese reluctant to take COVID vaccine amid fears of its potential side effects
World | Dec 26, 2022, 02:34 PM ISTSome are reluctant because they have diabetes, heart problems and other health complications, despite warnings from experts that it is even more urgent for them to be vaccinated because the risks of COVID-19 are more serious than potential vaccine side effects in almost everyone.
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BF.7 variant update: How China defines COVID-19 'deaths' in official count | DETAILS
World | Dec 22, 2022, 09:07 AM ISTChina COVID-19 BF.7 update: On Wednesday, China reported no new COVID-19 deaths and subtracted one death from its overall toll, lowering it to 5,241, according to a daily tally issued by the National Health Commission, which did not explain the decrease.
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COVID-19: Chinese with mild cases urged to work as coronavirus restrictions ease
World | Dec 21, 2022, 09:26 AM ISTChina covid cases: The city of Guiyang in southern Guizhou province proposed that infected people with little or no symptoms go to work in a range of sectors, including government offices, state-owned companies, medical, health and emergency workers and those in express delivery and supermarkets.
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Beijing under semi-lockdown to curb Omicron spread; Shuts down most of metros, buses
World | May 04, 2022, 09:09 PM ISTBeijing wore a deserted look with people staying indoors as the four-day May Day holidays were set to end on Wednesday. In Shanghai which is under lockdown for over a month, the number of COVID infections fell for the 13th consecutive day.
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China, Pakistan plotting to make new fatal bio-weapon? Report says so
World | Apr 15, 2022, 04:17 PM ISTMore than 3,400 cases of Covid cases were reported in China on Friday. Apart from this, 20,700 such cases were also detected in which patients did not show any symptoms.
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Shanghai's 'Zero Covid' strategy bars people from leaving homes, tests economic stability
World | Mar 29, 2022, 04:45 PM ISTDespite calls for a more targeted approach and some tweaking of the system, conditions in Shanghai show the government’s continuing reliance on extreme measures, regardless of the social and economic costs.
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China's daily Covid 19 cases double up amid severe outbreak, 'stealth omicron' responsible
World | Mar 15, 2022, 09:58 AM ISTA fast-spreading variant known as “stealth omicron” is testing China's zero-tolerance strategy, which has previously kept the virus at bay after a deadly initial outbreak in early 2020.
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China faces massive Covid outbreak; should India be worried about a possible fourth wave?
India | Mar 14, 2022, 01:38 PM ISTSome time back, an IIT Kanpur study of coronavirus, predicted that India will see a fourth wave of the pandemic that may start around June 22 and peak from mid to late August this year.
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Covid-19: China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in cases
World | Mar 11, 2022, 06:21 PM ISTAuthorities in China have pledged to lock down any community where one or more cases are found under China’s “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic.
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COVID-19 Scare: Monthlong pandemic lockdown lifted on China's Xi'an
World | Jan 24, 2022, 01:26 PM ISTThe government told people in areas of Beijing deemed at high risk for infection not to leave the city after 25 cases were found in the Fengtai district and 14 elsewhere. Fengtai residents have lined up on snow-covered sidewalks in freezing weather for testing.
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China reports 3 more human cases of H5N6 bird flu as fresh COVID cases continue to rise
World | Oct 30, 2021, 07:42 PM ISTH5N6 bird flu is known to cause severe illness in humans of all ages and has killed nearly half of those infected, according to WHO.
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COVID-19: China reports 43 fresh locally transmitted cases
India | Sep 19, 2021, 03:46 PM ISTAlso reported were 23 new imported cases -- nine in Yunnan, three each in Hubei, Guangxi and Sichuan, two each in Shanghai and Guangdong, and one in Tianjin, reports Xinhua news agency.