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Topic: Wuhan

ICMR study finds P.2, Covid strain first found in Brazil, more severe than original variant

P.2 or B.1.1.28.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2, however, has so far had very less prevalence, with less than 0.5% of the viral samples detected worldwide showing this strain.

China’s wet market Covid origin theory returns with study citing illegal wildlife sales

The new findings support a WHO-led research mission that concluded SARS-CoV-2 most likely spilled over to humans from animals — either directly from a bat or via another mammal.

Covid does spread some distance through air, update to 2020 Chinese restaurant study says

Researchers at Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention study 2.5 hours of restaurant CCTV footage to conclude close contact transmission did not lead to outbreak.

We may never know origin of Covid, China must help find answer, says Fauci

US's top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said he would like to see medical records of lab workers who fell sick in China, but maintained Covid most likely jumped from animals to humans.

Trust science, not scientists, is the lesson from doubt over Wuhan wet market theory: Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama said Wuhan lab-leak theory points to American complicity in the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.

Xi wants China’s image to be ‘trustworthy’. He can begin with coronavirus origin

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Wondering how a killer virus can possibly leak out of a secure lab? This is how

There have been growing demands to investigate whether the Covid pandemic was caused by a virus leak & if yes, was it owing to  a biosecurity issue, or engineered to infect humans in the lab.

Covid-19 has no ‘credible natural ancestor’, was created in Wuhan lab, claims new study

The study, by a British professor and a Norwegian scientist, claims that scientists took a natural coronavirus 'backbone' found in Chinese cave bats and spliced a new 'spike' onto it.

What scientists now say on Covid origin in Wuhan lab and what they dismissed prematurely

Wuhan lab researchers created new viruses by using reverse genetics on bat coronaviruses. Some of this research was funded by the US.

As world debates Covid origin, here is a list of viruses that leaked from labs in past

SARS 1, H1N1 influenza virus and smallpox are some of the viruses that have escaped from laboratories in the past.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.