Coronavirus is believed to have first infected humans at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market, where many animals were traded until it was shut down in 2019, when Covid began to spread.
Nearly a year ago, Donald Trump ordered a freeze on US funding to the WHO, a move newly sworn-in US President Joe Biden reversed. Here is why it's significant to the WHO.
China’s vaccines have received some high-profile endorsements. Indonesian President Joko Widodo received Sinovac shot on live TV, Brazil has begun distributing Sinovac doses.
The independent panel also notes that WHO and China acted slowly to the Covid-19 outbreak. It questions the global health body for not declaring the pandemic earlier.
The much-delayed visit is also taking place when China, which has effectively contained the virus, is experiencing a relapse of the disease in several places in Hebei province.
The probe comes almost a year since China locked down Wuhan as an outbreak of pneumonia that started with food market workers in late 2019 spread throughout the city.
The exact dates of the WHO expert team's arrival in Wuhan are still unclear, and an investigation into the coronavirus origin is still under negotiation.
Despite months of negotiation & planning, China has not yet finalised permission allowing the WHO-appointed experts to enter the country even as some of them embarked on travel.
Every day, the New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, a popular school trip destination, exposes children to racist depictions that enable hate crimes against Asian Americans.
RBI said India’s rising retail participation in the F&O market may pose several challenges, and the stock of household debt is 'comparatively high' in relation to GDP per capita.
Navy team has already visited Ambala air station where IAF has kept one squadron of Rafales to understand commonalities of maintenance that can be pursued.
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.
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