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After Criticism, Chinese Officials Discuss Covid Situation With WHO
China's health officials on Friday discussed with the WHO experts on the current massive surge of the COVID virus in the country after the organisation's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked Beijing to share more information.
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Foxconn Increases Wages, Gives Workers Bonuses to Staff to Quell Discontent Over COVID Curbs: Report
Foxconn has reportedly increased wages for workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China, as part of the Apple supplier's attempts to cut down on employee discontent over the government's COVID restrictions. Meanwhile, staff who have attended work as normal since October 19 and complied with virus prevention measures are also being given a daily ...
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Woman Stuck In Lockdown With Date Is Now Marrying Him
A Chinese couple who were trapped on a never-ending date thanks to a virus lockdown have been relieved to find that love, not Covid, is in the air.
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"Can't Allow...": Supreme Court's Retort On Plea Alleging China "Spreading" Covid
Observing that it can't allow every person who thinks of some solution to COVID-19 to file a petition, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea alleging that China is deliberately spreading the virus as a biological weapon.
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Beijing Imposes Restrictions On Conferences, Events Amid Covid Outbreak
Authorities in Beijing city imposed new curbs on conferences and events after confirming on Thursday six locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including individuals who had attended conferences in person in the city.
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China's Zero-Covid Policy Under Stress Amid Recurring Virus Spikes
A retired Chinese couple who tested positive for COVID-19, days after they went on a travel spree across the country, has been blamed for the latest spike in cases in the country.
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"Our Last Chance To Find Covid Origins": WHO On Its New Advisory Group
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be "our last chance" to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and and urged China to provide data from early cases.
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China Rejects Need For Further WHO Coronavirus Origins Probe
China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization's calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it supported "scientific" over "political" efforts to find out how the virus started.
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Can't Force China To Give More Information On Covid Origins: WHO
A top World Health Organization official said on Monday that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on COVID-19's origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the "next level".
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Find Covid-19 Origin Or Face "Covid-26 And Covid-32", Warn US Experts
The world needs the cooperation of the Chinese government to trace the origins of Covid-19 and prevent future pandemic threats, two leading U.S. disease experts said Sunday.
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Coronavirus Lab Leak "Extremely Unlikely", Bats May Be Culprit: WHO
A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is "extremely unlikely", the Associated Press reported on Monday.
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WHO Scraps Plan For Interim Report On Wuhan Virus Mission: Report
The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic to issue an interim report, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday.
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"Don't Rely Too Much" On US Virus Intelligence, Says WHO Mission Member
A member of the WHO mission to China exploring the origins of the coronavirus pandemic took a swipe Wednesday at US intelligence on the issue, after the State Department cast doubt on the transparency of their probe.
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WHO Covid Probe Team At Wuhan Virus Lab Seeks Clues To Origin Of Pandemic
A team of investigators working on behalf of the World Health Organization visited on Wednesday a major virus research laboratory in China's central city of Wuhan, seeking clues to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WHO Experts Leave Wuhan Quarantine To Start Coronavirus Probe
A team of experts from the World Health Organization left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, after Washington urged a "robust and clear" investigation.
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After Criticism, Chinese Officials Discuss Covid Situation With WHO
China's health officials on Friday discussed with the WHO experts on the current massive surge of the COVID virus in the country after the organisation's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked Beijing to share more information.
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Foxconn Increases Wages, Gives Workers Bonuses to Staff to Quell Discontent Over COVID Curbs: Report
Foxconn has reportedly increased wages for workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China, as part of the Apple supplier's attempts to cut down on employee discontent over the government's COVID restrictions. Meanwhile, staff who have attended work as normal since October 19 and complied with virus prevention measures are also being given a daily ...
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Woman Stuck In Lockdown With Date Is Now Marrying Him
A Chinese couple who were trapped on a never-ending date thanks to a virus lockdown have been relieved to find that love, not Covid, is in the air.
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"Can't Allow...": Supreme Court's Retort On Plea Alleging China "Spreading" Covid
Observing that it can't allow every person who thinks of some solution to COVID-19 to file a petition, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea alleging that China is deliberately spreading the virus as a biological weapon.
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Beijing Imposes Restrictions On Conferences, Events Amid Covid Outbreak
Authorities in Beijing city imposed new curbs on conferences and events after confirming on Thursday six locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including individuals who had attended conferences in person in the city.
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China's Zero-Covid Policy Under Stress Amid Recurring Virus Spikes
A retired Chinese couple who tested positive for COVID-19, days after they went on a travel spree across the country, has been blamed for the latest spike in cases in the country.
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"Our Last Chance To Find Covid Origins": WHO On Its New Advisory Group
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be "our last chance" to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and and urged China to provide data from early cases.
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China Rejects Need For Further WHO Coronavirus Origins Probe
China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization's calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it supported "scientific" over "political" efforts to find out how the virus started.
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Can't Force China To Give More Information On Covid Origins: WHO
A top World Health Organization official said on Monday that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on COVID-19's origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the "next level".
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Find Covid-19 Origin Or Face "Covid-26 And Covid-32", Warn US Experts
The world needs the cooperation of the Chinese government to trace the origins of Covid-19 and prevent future pandemic threats, two leading U.S. disease experts said Sunday.
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Coronavirus Lab Leak "Extremely Unlikely", Bats May Be Culprit: WHO
A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is "extremely unlikely", the Associated Press reported on Monday.
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WHO Scraps Plan For Interim Report On Wuhan Virus Mission: Report
The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic to issue an interim report, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday.
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"Don't Rely Too Much" On US Virus Intelligence, Says WHO Mission Member
A member of the WHO mission to China exploring the origins of the coronavirus pandemic took a swipe Wednesday at US intelligence on the issue, after the State Department cast doubt on the transparency of their probe.
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WHO Covid Probe Team At Wuhan Virus Lab Seeks Clues To Origin Of Pandemic
A team of investigators working on behalf of the World Health Organization visited on Wednesday a major virus research laboratory in China's central city of Wuhan, seeking clues to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WHO Experts Leave Wuhan Quarantine To Start Coronavirus Probe
A team of experts from the World Health Organization left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, after Washington urged a "robust and clear" investigation.
