Explained: Probing the origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus
As per WHO, the field visits included the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Huanan market, Wuhan CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Conspiracy theories about SARS-CoV-2 virus origin put to rest
While many scientists had dismissed the lab-origin theory, in mid-February 2020, a group of 27 prominent scientists from outside China went a
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Why working alongside China to uncover the virus’s origin is important
Knowing the natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts and the events that permitted the virus to jump across the species barrier
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Why Russia’s rushed-up coronavirus vaccine is mired in ethical, safety landmine
Russia registering a vaccine for novel coronavirus even before beginning a Phase-3 trial and promising to begin full-scale production
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An asymptomatic superspreader in China transmits coronavirus to 71 people
One more instance of a superspreader spreading coronavirus to 71 people in China has been documented. The superspreader continued
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COVID-19: China’s dangerous obsession with secrecy a serious threat to global public health
Contrary to what was earlier reported, China confirmed to the WHO of the cluster of cases of ‘viral pneumonia
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Faeces samples can harbour infectious coronavirus, study finds
Chinese researchers were able to isolate and culture novel coronavirus from faeces samples. Confirmation of infectious virus in faeces samples
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COVID-19: India surpasses China’s tally despite prolonged lockdown
On May 15, 106 days after the first novel coronavirus case was reported on January 30, with over 85,500 cases,
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Coronavirus: U.S. halting funding for WHO will have disastrous consequences
Faulting the WHO for imaginary failings cannot help Mr. Trump wash his hands of many administrative failures in containing the
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Coronavirus: Trump finds a scapegoat in WHO
After blaming coronavirus as democrats’ new hoax, and calling the microbe as “China virus”, WHO has now become Mr. Trump’s
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Coronavirus cases cross one million without counting asymptomatic ones
On April 2, novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) cases crossed one million and deaths passed 50,000. Besides missing out people with mild
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Shutdown alone is not enough to break the chain: Giridhara Babu
In an unprecedented measure, India on March 25 began a country-wide shutdown for 21 days to cut the transmission chain
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China reports zero cases on three days, is it just a blip?
China had zero cases on March 18-20, but one local transmission on March 21. The turnaround in China comes at
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