COVID-19 origin

Covid-19 leaked from China's Wuhan lab, US govt to blame too, claims scientist in new book

"The US government is to blame for the transfer of dangerous biotechnology to the Chinese," the scientist told media outlets.

Dec 05, 2022, 17:18 PM IST

China agrees to support WHO in fresh probe to find COVID-19 origin

The WHO, this week, launched a new task force -- Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) -- of 26 global experts, and called it "the last chance" to find the COVID-19 origins.

Oct 15, 2021, 19:28 PM IST

China's COVID-19 pandemic may have begun in May 2019: Report

As a group of researchers of the World Health Organization is trying to trace the origins of the coronavirus, it has now emerged that the COVID-19 pandemic may have begun in China in May 2019 – much earlier than previously thought.

Oct 06, 2021, 08:14 AM IST

COVID-19 origin may never be definitively identified: US Intelligence Community assessment

In May, Biden issued a directive to the 17 main US intelligence agencies, which make up the IC, to deliver a report on the origins of COVID-19 within 90 days.

Aug 28, 2021, 07:55 AM IST

COVID-19 origin: Need to continue with a science-based response approach, says Chinese President Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping said that China will spare no effort to support international cooperation against COVID-19.

Jul 07, 2021, 06:40 AM IST

COVID-19 cases spread in China earlier than recorded, claims new study

China`s first official case was recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan but the analysis published in the PLOS Pathogens journal argues that the most likely date for the emergence of the virus that causes COVID-19 was November 17, 2019.

Jun 27, 2021, 08:26 AM IST

China deleted COVID-19 data in possible cover-up: Report

According to a scientific paper, over a dozen coronavirus test sequences that were taken during the pandemic`s early months were removed from an international database used to track the virus` evolution.

Jun 24, 2021, 17:01 PM IST

COVID-19 origin: 60 percent of Americans believe in Wuhan lab leak theory

In the survey conducted among 1,001 US citizens by Fox News, as many as 60 percent of Americans believed that the coronavirus was created in the Wuhan laboratory in China and then leaked, while only 31 percent believe in the natural evolution of the deadly virus.

Jun 24, 2021, 12:13 PM IST

China furious over G7's unified position on Beijing, says 'small' groups don't rule the world

China lambasted G7's unified position on Beijing, saying that the days when a "small" group of countries decided the fate of the world were long gone.

Jun 14, 2021, 15:24 PM IST

China's 'massive cover-up' on COVID-19 continues, says WHO advisory board member

The Chinese deception involves "destroying samples, hiding records, placing a universal gag order on Chinese scientists and imprisoning Chinese citizen, journalists asking the most basic questions," said Jamie Metzl, the WHO official.

Jun 09, 2021, 14:54 PM IST

Scientific communities accuse China of 'tricking' COVID-19 origin investigation, scientists demand more clarity

The theories of the origin of coronavirus in the Wuhan lab are surging all over the globe and China is being accused of tricing the scientific community and hampering the investigations lead by WHO.

May 28, 2021, 14:30 PM IST

Facebook lifts ban from posts claiming lab origin of coronavirus in Wuhan lab

Social media platform Facebook has removed the ban on content regarding the origins of COVID-19, and theories about its possible lab creation.

May 27, 2021, 13:39 PM IST