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US confirms removal of Wuhan coronavirus sequences from database
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON JUN 24, 2021 09:15 AM IST
The data, first submitted to the US-based Sequence Read Archive in March 2020, were “requested to be withdrawn” by the same researcher three months later in June, the US National Institutes of Health said in a statement Wednesday.
Covid-19 origins: Here's why the Wuhan 'lab leak' theory is back in news
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose
PUBLISHED ON JUN 07, 2021 01:54 PM IST
However, some new developments put forward by media outlets in the US—White House-led investigation efforts and statements by President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci—have brought the idea back into consideration.
Covid-19: Chinese virologist says Fauci emails prove her Wuhan lab leak claims
ANI | , Washington
PUBLISHED ON JUN 05, 2021 03:55 PM IST
A trove of Fauci's emails covering the onset of the coronavirus outbreak was released this week to media under a freedom of information request.
Covid origin: What do we know about Wuhan CDC expedition in search of viruses?
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUN 04, 2021 09:52 PM IST
- In December 2019, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV aired a video, titled ‘Youth In the Wild - Invisible Defender’, which showed researchers scaling cavern walls in search of unknown viruses.
Anthony Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers
Reuters |
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2021 09:42 AM IST
Top U.S. 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.
_1622636597791_1622636604071.jpg "Chinese President Xi Jinping has an opportunity to meet his US counterpart, Joe Biden, at the Group of 20 summit in October.(AP)")
Wuhan lab leak theory’s revival risks making US-China relations worse
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2021 05:58 PM IST
The origin probe comes at a sensitive time in US-China relations, with both governments showing signs they want to move beyond the vitriol that marked the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency.
News updates from HT: 238 million doses per month needed to meet vaccine goal
PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2021 08:52 AM IST
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China feels Covid heat as study backs lab theory
Agencies | , London, Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAY 31, 2021 02:35 AM IST
- Scientists tried to reverse-engineer the virus to make it appear natural, says a new research.
Find Covid-19 origin or face another pandemic, US experts warn
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON MAY 30, 2021 11:14 PM IST
Not knowing how the pandemic started puts the world at risk of future outbreaks, Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development said.
British spies believe Wuhan Covid lab leak theory is ‘feasible’: Report
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kunal Gaurav | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 30, 2021 05:27 PM IST
- The hypothesis of the introduction of Covid-19 through a laboratory incident had gained a lot of traction in the early days of the pandemic but was largely dismissed as a conspiracy theory.
Is Wuhan's 'Patient Su' Covid's patient zero? Report reveals virus' new timeline
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 30, 2021 01:30 PM IST
'Patient Su' fell ill in September 2019 and was treated at Rongjun Hospital in Wuhan. The patient did not undergo nucleic testing and later died.
Covid-19 has no ‘credible natural ancestor’, created in lab, new study claims
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kunal Gaurav | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 29, 2021 08:49 PM IST
- The study reportedly claimed that the Chinese scientists also tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering the viruses to make it look like they naturally arose from bats.
WIV's role in pandemic is first step to make China accountable
PUBLISHED ON MAY 28, 2021 11:14 AM IST
The circumstantial evidence all points towards the Wuhan Institute of Virology being at the epicentre of the SARS-CoV-2 virus playing havoc with the world. China must open WIV for investigation by independent experts with no agenda.
Politicising Covid-19 origins hampers investigations: Chinese embassy in US
Reuters | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Shanghai
PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2021 10:45 AM IST
The embassy in Washington said in a statement on its website on Wednesday evening "some political forces have been fixated on political manipulation and (the) blame game".
Biden asks US intel officials to investigate Covid-19 origin amid Wuhan lab row
AP | | Posted by Kunal Gaurav, Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2021 10:58 PM IST
- The Biden administration is responding both to domestic and geopolitical concerns about putting pressure on China to be transparent about the outbreak.
At WHA talk-shop, countries mull WHO reforms and rebuilding post-Covid world
By Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 25, 2021 02:16 PM IST
Representatives of 40 countries spoke at the World Health Assembly, but there was hardly a word on the raging global debate on the possible origins of the pandemic in Wuhan, or on the conduct of WHO in alerting the world about the Covid-19 infection.
Two tornadoes kill at least 7 in China; over 200 injured
AP | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal, Beijing
PUBLISHED ON MAY 15, 2021 05:56 AM IST
China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that the tornado hit Wuhan at about 8:40 p.m. It toppled construction site sheds and snapped several trees, Xinhua said, citing a local government.
China sets up new health body after botched early Covid response
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON MAY 13, 2021 04:11 PM IST
- While no further detail was given, the new bureau will be headed by a long-time health official Wang Hesheng, who had been tasked to take over the crisis in Wuhan in early 2020 after the officials there were sacked.
WHO should look beyond animals on Covid-19 origin, scientists say
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON APR 30, 2021 02:27 PM IST
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first Covid-19 outbreak was identified, is home to a high-security virus lab, and that proximity has prompted former U.S. President Donald Trump and others to speculate on the possibility of a leak.
China to build bio labs amid questions over Wuhan lab’s role in Covid origin
PTI | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Beijing
UPDATED ON APR 17, 2021 07:08 AM IST
The novel coronavirus emerged at China’s central Wuhan city in December 2019 and became a pandemic, upending life across the globe.
China under pressure after WHO chief revives lab leak theory
AFP |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 31, 2021 03:44 PM IST
A report by WHO and Chinese experts released on Tuesday had judged the lab-leak hypothesis highly unlikely, saying the virus behind Covid-19 had probably jumped from bats to humans via an intermediary animal.
Covid origin study found lab leak ‘extremely unlikely': Report
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 29, 2021 12:47 PM IST
The scientists proposed further research in every area except the lab leak hypothesis, the AP reported Monday, citing a draft copy of the report, which it said left many questions unanswered.
US officials suspect China's hand in writing WHO Covid-19 origin report
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 29, 2021 06:15 AM IST
Top Biden administration officials on Sunday expressed concern about the way a pivotal report examining the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic was crafted, including the possibility that the Chinese government had a hand in writing it.
_1616331454369_1616331469352.jpg "Scientists blame this sturdier protein for faster spread of some Covid variants(Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash)")
Scientists blame this sturdier protein for faster spread of some Covid variants
PTI |
UPDATED ON MAR 21, 2021 06:29 PM IST
A new study has claimed that spike protein of coronavirus is more stable in faster spreading versions of the virus, such as the ones first reported in the UK and South Africa, as compared to the original form of the pathogen from China's Wuhan
China's thriving wildlife trade could've led to Covid-19 pandemic
Bloomberg |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 21, 2021 05:11 AM IST
Scientists tracing the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic believe they’ve identified a possible transmission source: China’s thriving wildlife trade.
Covid-19 circulated undetected months before first cases in China: Report
PTI | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal, Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAR 19, 2021 02:31 PM IST
The research, published in the journal Science, used molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations to date the emergence of the virus to as early as October 2019.
No evidence of Covid-19 leak from Wuhan lab, say WHO scientists
Written by Joydeep Bose
PUBLISHED ON MAR 12, 2021 12:21 PM IST
The experts said that they found a 'link' between the wet market in Wuhan, where people first fell ill, and neighbouring regions in South China where bats were found with viruses.
Origins of coronavirus pandemic could be known in few years: Experts
AP |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 11, 2021 07:53 AM IST
Marion Koopmans, who was also on the WHO-led team, said they considered numerous hypotheses for how the pandemic might have started, including the possibility of a laboratory accident.
World no closer to answer on Covid-19 origins despite WHO probe: Expert
Reuters | , Shanghai
UPDATED ON MAR 05, 2021 03:52 PM IST
- In January, a team of scientists picked by the World Health Organization visited hospitals and research institutes in Wuhan, in search of clues about the origins of Covid-19.
Covid-19 coverup, secret experiments in Wuhan by PLA: Fmr US Security Advisor
ANI | , Washington
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 02:11 PM IST
He further said that there is "good reason to believe" that an outbreak of a "flu-like illness" had occurred among the scientists in the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in the fall of 2019.