China Coronavirus
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Chinese city with coronavirus outbreak stops buses, trains
World | Sep 13, 2021, 01:05 PM ISTChina declared the coronavirus under control in early 2020 but has suffered outbreaks of the more contagious delta variant.
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Virus may have jumped from animals to people at Wuhan's Huanan seafood market: WHO Scientist
World | Aug 13, 2021, 09:20 AM ISTWhen WHO traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Ben Embarek said he was worried about biosafety standards at a laboratory close to the market where the first human cases were detected.
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China: Wuhan completes citywide testing to curb Covid resurgence
World | Aug 09, 2021, 09:19 AM ISTLast year, Wuhan completed a comprehensive nucleic acid testing campaign, during which it tested nearly 10 million residents in 19 days.
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China pledges 2 billion vaccines globally through year’s end
World | Aug 06, 2021, 12:10 PM ISTXi Jinping pledged 2 billion doses of Chinese vaccines would be supplied to the world through this year and $100 million would be donated to a U.N.-backed distribution program, state media reported.
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China records another 80 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, seeks to control flare-up
World | Aug 06, 2021, 11:46 AM ISTOf the new cases, 58 were found in the eastern city of Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, where the highly contagious delta variant spread among airport workers in the provincial capital of Nanjing.
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China's Zhangjiajie to close tourist sites after resurgence
World | Jul 30, 2021, 09:24 AM ISTZhangjiajie started massive nucleic acid testing in three regions on Wednesday, said Wang Jianghua, director of the municipal health commission.
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Virus on rise in eastern Chinese city of Nanjing
World | Jul 26, 2021, 09:07 AM ISTOne other case of local transmission was reported in the nearby city of Suqian and one in the northeastern province of Liaoning.
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US to continue to press China to be transparent and forthcoming on COVID-19: Sullivan
World | Jun 08, 2021, 07:40 AM ISTThe United States in coordination with the international community will continue to press China to be transparent and forthcoming with information on the origins of COVID-19
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US, India, China account for 60% of 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally: WHO
World | Jun 05, 2021, 12:53 PM ISTOf the two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally till now, about 60 per cent have gone to just three countries - the US, India and China, a senior adviser at the World Health Organisation said.
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China re-imposes travel curbs on province after virus cases
World | May 31, 2021, 11:55 AM ISTChina on Monday re-imposed anti-coronavirus travel controls on its southern province of Guangdong, announcing anyone leaving the populous region must be tested for the virus following a spike in infections that has alarmed authorities.
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China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine said to be 79.3% effective
World | Dec 31, 2020, 12:36 PM ISTThe two-dose vaccine is the first approved for general use in China. The go-ahead comes as the country has begun to vaccinate 50 million people before the Lunar New Year holiday in February.
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China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins
World | Dec 30, 2020, 12:19 PM ISTResearch into COVID-19’s origins is critical to the prevention of future pandemics. Although a World Health Organization international team plans to visit China in early January to investigate what started the pandemic, its members and agenda had to be approved by China.
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Living coronavirus found on frozen food packaging
World | Oct 18, 2020, 11:59 AM ISTIt is for the first time in the world that living novel coronavirus has been isolated from the outer packaging of cold-chain food, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Saturday.
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Chinese COVID-19 vaccine BBIBP-CorV shows promise in human trial: Lancet study
World | Oct 16, 2020, 12:42 PM ISTA previous clinical trial reported similar results for a different vaccine that is also based on inactivated whole SARS-CoV-2 virus, but in that study the vaccine was only tested in people aged under 60 years.
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Ad5-nCOV: China grants patent of first COVID-19 vaccine to CanSino
World | Aug 17, 2020, 01:21 PM ISTChina has granted the first invention patent to a Covid-19 vaccine co-developed by biopharmaceutical firm CanSino Biologics Inc in the country, which experts said demonstrates the vaccine's originality and creativity.
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Beijing shuts down largest wholesale market after COVID-19 detected on salmon chopping board
World | Jun 13, 2020, 04:38 PM ISTBeijing downed shutters on its largest wholesale market for vegetables and meat amid fears of a resurgence of coronavirus cases in the Chinese capital city. It has also locked down 11 residential communities in the vicinity.
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China should tell whether coronavirus first developed in lab or Wuhan wet market: US NSA
World | Apr 22, 2020, 12:45 PM ISTChina has come under increasing global pressure over lack of transparency in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far infected over 2.5 million people and claimed more than 170,000 lives across the world.
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Using terms like 'Wuhan Virus' absolutely wrong, we did not create COVID-19, says China envoy
World | Mar 26, 2020, 04:24 PM ISTJi Rong, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in India, said the international community should focus on China's "swift response" to the pandemic rather than "stereotyping the Chinese people".
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Coronavirus impact: Divorce rate spikes in China after couples spend more time together at home
World | Mar 17, 2020, 10:42 AM ISTAmid Coronavirus outbreak across the world, divorce rates in China have risen because 'couples are spending too much time together' during coronavirus self-isolation at home, according to registry offices.
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Coronavirus outbreak: China reports 394 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, death toll rises to 2,118
World | Feb 20, 2020, 09:01 AM ISTThe overall death toll in China due to the deadly coronavirus has increased to 2,118, with a total of 74,576 confirmed cases, health authorities said on Thursday. The National Health Commission said that it had received reports of 394 new confirmed cases and 114 deaths on Wednesday.