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Getting the shot: Possible vaccine fast-track for Tokyo athletes raises questions of ethics Neeraj Chopra in action.  Last week the union ministry for youth affairs and sports formally requested the health ministry to add Indias Tokyo-bound Olympic athletes, coaches and support staff to the priority category of those being administered the COVID-19 vaccines. It followed a similar request by the Indian Olympic Association. The sports ministry says it has already chalked out a blueprint for the ...

The head of an independent international expert team, which has just completed its trip to China to study the origins of the Covid-19 virus, described the mission as a success on Friday (Feb 12). Team lead Peter Ben Embarek told a World Health Organisation, or WHO, virtual press conference that he thinks the mission has been "successful in many ways."...

CHINA / SOCIETY By GT staff reporters Published: Feb 04, 2021 09:19 PM Peter Daszak (right) and other members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 arrive at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, Hubei Province on Wednesday. Photo: AFP While the team of 13 WHO experts are halfway through their highly anticipated field visits to Wuhan, capital of Central Chinas Hubei Province, a number of predominant Chinese epidemiologists - including tho...

Chinese COVID-19 Misinformation A Year Later February 4, 2021 11:17 AM Age: 2 months Image: Members of the WHO-led investigation into the origins of COVID-19 prepare to leave for a day of field visits on February 1 (Image source: SCMP) Introduction On January 28, members of an international team led by the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded fourteen days of quarantine and began field work in Wuhan, China for a mission aimed at investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of the...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday slammed critics of its origin-tracing work on the novel coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and voiced support for the team. Many critics claimed that they "wont accept the report when it comes out," or that there is "other intelligence available that may show different findings" on how the outbreak started, Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, told a press conference from the UN agencys headquarte...

February 02, 2021 08:17 The World Health Organization noted Monday that globally, the number of new coronavirus cases fell for the third consecutive week. At the agencys regular news briefing conducted virtually from its headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that while many nations are still seeing infections increasing, it is nonetheless encouraging news. Tedros said it shows the virus can be controlled, even with the new variants in circulation, and ...

English By VOA News Share on Facebook Print this page The World Health Organization (WHO) noted Monday that globally, the number of new coronavirus cases fell for the third consecutive week.  At the agency’s regular news briefing conducted virtually from its headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that while many nations are still seeing infections increasing, it is nonetheless encouraging news.  Tedros...

A scathing new documentary from HBO alleges a Chinese coverup on the coronavirus Steven Zeitchik © AP/AP This image released by the Sundance Institute shows a scene from "In The Same Breath." The film, which will be released by HBO, alleges a Chinese coverup on the coronavirus that may have cost lives. (Sundance Institute via AP) When evidence began mounting of a deadly new coronavirus in China a year ago, authorities could have reacted with swift warnings about public safe...

2021-01-28 14:20:41 GMT2021-01-28 22:20:41(Beijing Time) Sina English The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 100 million, according to the latest numbers from the World Health Organization on Thursday. Globally, as of 10:05 am CEST (0905 GMT) on Thursday, there have been 100,200,107 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,158,761 deaths, reported to the WHO. The US, India and Brazil remain the top three in confirmed cases, having reported 25,198,841 cases, 10,701,193 cas...

Global COVID-19 cases hurtled to 100 million on Tuesday, breaking yet another grim record, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.