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Xu Lin, Vice head of the Publicity Department of Communist Party shows a copy of the white paper on fighting COVID-19 China in action during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. (AP)

China defends COVID-19 response in new report

The report lauds China's success in reducing the daily increase in new cases to single digits within about two months

7 Jun 2020 8:13 AM GMT

A man and a child wears masks as they visit Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China reports 43 new Covid cases on October 21, vs 21 a day earlier

There were no new deaths, leaving the death toll unchanged at 4,636

22 Oct 2021 6:28 AM GMT

People queue to receive Covid-19 vaccine in Linquan county, Fuyang city, in Chinas eastern Anhui province. (Photo: AFP)

WHO scientists likely to reconsider China lab origin theory of...

The WHO report's annex contains multiple data points providing an intriguing insight into China's evolving knowledge of...

26 May 2021 10:15 AM GMT

A health worker collects swab samples of passengers for COVID-19 test at Dadar Railway platform, in Mumbai. (PTI)

Origins of SARS-CoV-2: Why the lab-leak idea is being considered again

Although there may be benefits to gain-of-function experiments, there are also risks

7 Jun 2021 7:27 AM GMT

The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country. (AFP file image)

WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations,...

31 Dec 2022 5:03 AM GMT

Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Where does India figure in a very uncertain...

India is better prepared even if the coronavirus knocks again as a new variant.

29 Dec 2022 7:49 PM GMT

Covid-19 patients on beds at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums. (Noel Celis / AFP)

Global alarm grows over China's COVID-19 surge

Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing's decision to lift strict...

29 Dec 2022 5:54 AM GMT