A World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Wuhan’s Baishazhou seafood market, one of the city’s largest wet markets and an early focal point of the outbreak. The experts, accompanied by Chinese officials, are conducting field visits to key sites in Wuhan, including hospitals and laboratories, to gather clues on how the virus first emerged.
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China exported more than 220 billion face masks in 2020: Government
China exported more than 220 billion face masks last year, the commerce ministry said on Friday (Jan 29), the equivalent of nearly 40 per person outside China, as demand for protective gear skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shifting billions of dollars’ worth of the coverings has become an important driver of China’s exports after COVID-19...
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WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan set to leave quarantine
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan is preparing to leave hotel quarantine and begin on-the-ground fieldwork, two weeks after arriving in China. The visit, delayed by diplomatic tensions and concerns over access, marks a new phase in the long-awaited probe into how the virus first emerged, with experts cautioning that there are no guarantees of clear answers.
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Partial lockdown in Beijing as UK virus variant detected
1.6 million residents were banned from leaving Beijing on Wednesday as two Covid-19 cases linked to a new UK virus variant were found in the Chinese capital. China has lauded its response to the pandemic, which emerged in the central city of Wuhan just over a year ago but has been broadly brought to heel,...
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‘Medical Gathering’ welcomes new law on importing multiple-source vaccine
Head of the “Social Medical Gathering”, Professor Raef Rida, on Saturday, welcomed “the multi-source vaccine import law,” considering that “even though its endorsement came late, yet its better late than never!” Rida revealed that he was in favor of the Chinese vaccine, “because China is the source of the epidemic,” wondering whether “the Lebanese state...
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China says recent mainland COVID19 outbreak caused by imported case state media
Clusters of cases in China’s COVID-19 outbreak in its northern provinces such as Hebei, Liaoning and Heilongjiang, as well as the capital Beijing since December have been caused by cases from overseas, state media reported on Saturday. Broadcaster CCTV cited National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei as making the remarks at a government meeting. —...
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WHO team arrives in China’s Wuhan to investigate COVID-19 origins
An international team of World Health Organization scientists has arrived in Wuhan, China, to investigate the origins of COVID-19. After a delayed approval process and amid calls for a transparent probe, the experts will begin their mission with two weeks of quarantine before interviewing researchers, hospital staff and market workers linked to the early outbreak.
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