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Switzerland embassy fact-checks Chinese media story on Covid origins, says the ‘Swiss scientist’ they had quoted does not exist

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2021

Chinese State media outlets, including the Global Times, the People’s Daily, had carried articles with comments from one Wilson Edwards, on the origins of Covid-19 and the WHO's independence.

Media

‘Dangerous to run a piece’: Journalist reveals how NYT had refused to investigate the origin of Covid-19 during the early stage of the pandemic

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2021

The New York Times had resisted running anything that could suggest that Covid-19 was manmade or had leaked from the Wuhan lab

News Reports

Strict lockdowns are back in China after rising Covid Delta variant cases, multiple cities under lockdown. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 3 August, 2021

The recent outbreak of Coronavirus cases has been found to be linked to a cluster in Nanjing city in Jiangsu province where more than 360 cases have been reported in the past 2 weeks.

World

Over 600 frontline workers in Thailand get infected despite being jabbed with China-made Covid vaccine Sinovac: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2021

After China made Sinovac failed to protect people from covid infection, Thailand contemplates giving a third booster dose of different make

News Reports

US govt’s primary health research institute NIH says Covaxin is highly effective against Alpha and Delta variants of Covid-19

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2021

NIH report says that Covaxin generates antibodies that effectively neutralise the Alpha and Delta variants of Sars-CoV-2

News Reports

Top Maoist terrorists dying of Covid-19, several leave terror group due to fear of infection

OpIndia Staff - 26 June, 2021

Maoists are dying in the 'Red Corridor', as it is witnessing a drastic surge in the number of Wuhan Coronavirus cases. Others have left.

News Reports

After Bahrain and UAE, Mongolia and Seychelles which relied on Chinese vaccines see a spike in Covid-19 cases

OpIndia Staff - 23 June, 2021

Fresh covid outbreaks in countries which have extensively used Chinese vaccines on a significant percentage of populations fuel doubt over efficacy of these vaccines.

World

Singapore’s top health officials cast doubt on effectiveness of China’s Sinovac vaccines for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 21 June, 2021

It is believed that one of the reasons for increase in demand for Sinovac is because of the people who are from mainland China or planning to go there.

World