Anticipating WHO's COVID-19 origins report, tensions rise between US, China
3 years, 9 months ago

Anticipating WHO's COVID-19 origins report, tensions rise between US, China

Firstpost  

The much-anticipated report from the international mission to Wuhan to investigate Covid-19’s origins is set to be published this week, following intense US and Chinese pressure over its contents. “There was conduit from Wuhan to the provinces in south China where the closest relative viruses to SARS-CoV-2 are found in bats,” Daszak told an event hosted by Britain’s Chatham House think-tank last week. Dutch virologist Marion Koopmans, also a member of the team, said that while transmission of the virus could potentially happen through infected people touching frozen food products, “the origin most likely is not the outside of the package”. The idea of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology — a hypothesis promoted by former US President Donald Trump’s administration — is “the least likely on the list of our hypotheses”, said Koopmans.

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Are we on the brink of another pandemic? Chinese researchers think so
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Are we on the brink of another pandemic? Chinese researchers think so

Firstpost  

Chinese scientists have said that a strain of a bird flu from 2021 has the potential to lead to a new pandemic Chinese researchers have said that the world could be close to having another pandemic in the near future. Even as the memories of the Covid-19 pandemic are afresh in many people’s mind, which emerged in China’s Wuhan, Chinese …

Covid-19 Origins: Latest US Report Points To 'Wuhan Lab-Leak', Slams Mitigation Measures As Unscientific
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Covid-19 Origins: Latest US Report Points To 'Wuhan Lab-Leak', Slams Mitigation Measures As Unscientific

ABP News  

A US congressional subcommittee probing the origins of Covid-19 and the handling of the pandemic concluded its two-year investigation on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. Wenstrup listed seven specific findings in his letter, including that the National Institutes of Health funded the controversial gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and that Operation Warp Speed was “tremendous success”, but …

US House Subcommittee report on COVID-19 reveals shocking details: NIH conducted virus research in Wuhan, lockdowns caused rampant fraud and corruption and more
3 weeks, 1 day ago

US House Subcommittee report on COVID-19 reveals shocking details: NIH conducted virus research in Wuhan, lockdowns caused rampant fraud and corruption and more

Op India  

Five years after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in China and the whole world suffered from botched lockdowns, panic and millions of deaths, a US House subcommittee has confirmed what has been suppressed by most Western governments, the mainstream media, and even leading scientific publications and medical bodies of our times. A 520-page report released by a select …

Wuhan Market: More Likely Origin of COVID-19 Virus Than Previously Thought
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wuhan Market: More Likely Origin of COVID-19 Virus Than Previously Thought

The Hindu  

A new study suggests that the Wuhan market in China was the origin of the COVID-19 virus. The data, which was shared publicly by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, included genetic material from more than 800 samples collected at the Huanan market shortly after its closure in early 2020. The researchers found that the virus and the …

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says
3 months ago

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says

LA Times  

A convoy of vehicles carrying investigators from the World Health Organization enters the interior of the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. “This paper has more evidence that supports the animal origin through the Huanan market.” The analysis published Thursday was based on genetic data gleaned from hundreds of samples gathered in and around the …

New analysis of Wuhan market samples reveal 'specific species' potential carriers of COVID-19 virus
3 months ago

New analysis of Wuhan market samples reveal 'specific species' potential carriers of COVID-19 virus

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Along with raccoon dogs, considered a prime suspect for passing on the COVID-19 virus to humans, civet cats and bamboo rats are among a list of potential 'intermediate' host animals that were sold at Wuhan's seafood market -- the pandemic's epicentre -- and may have served as a conduit for the pathogen, according to a new study.Bamboo rats, …

Pentagon's despicable act drags US to new low: China Daily editorial
6 months, 1 week ago

Pentagon's despicable act drags US to new low: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

The US Capitol building is seen in Washington, DC, on Nov 8,2022. The particular campaign identified by Reuters was apparently intended to counter what the US perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus, through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos. The Pentagon tailored the campaign to local audiences across …

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous
8 months ago

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. In a faxed statement, China’s Foreign Ministry defended China’s handling of research into the origins, saying the …

USDA and China CCP lab are creating deadly BIRD FLU viruses as part of $1m collaboration - and YOU are paying for it
8 months, 1 week ago

USDA and China CCP lab are creating deadly BIRD FLU viruses as part of $1m collaboration - and YOU are paying for it

Daily Mail  

Lawmakers are demanding answers after it was revealed the US is sending taxpayer dollars to a Chinese army lab to make bird flu viruses more dangerous to people. The White Coat Waste Project obtained the above photo and claims it shows animal experimenters inside the USDA lab that is working with Chinese scientists on bird flu research Tests revealed that …

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin
9 months, 1 week ago

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin

Hindustan Times  

Discovering COVID's origin will shape the next pandemic. Some experts say it's possible that the Wuhan lab had progenitor strains — ancestors — of SARS-CoV-2, but China's alleged withholding information on the origin of COVID makes this impossible to prove or disprove. "Every form of the lab leak theory involves some sort of cover up, which to me means that …

Revealed: US and China sought to create virus in 2018 similar to Covid
11 months ago

Revealed: US and China sought to create virus in 2018 similar to Covid

Daily Mail  

Bombshell new documents shed light on a shady 2018 project between US and Chinese scientists to create a novel virus with the same rare features seen in Covid. In initial proposals for DEFUSE, the lab work was to be done in a biosafety-level 2 lab, which researchers said would appeal to federal grant-makers as 'highly cost effective' despite the fewer …

REVEALED: How American and Chinese scientists sought to create a virus in 2018 that was almost an EXACT match with Covid
11 months ago

REVEALED: How American and Chinese scientists sought to create a virus in 2018 that was almost an EXACT match with Covid

Daily Mail  

They requested several aspects that are found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus Bombshell new documents shed light on a shady 2018 project between US and Chinese scientists to create a novel virus with the same rare features seen in Covid. All four characteristics scientists sought to create a novel virus in the 2018 research proposal match features of SARS-CoV-2, the virus …

‘Not by novel virus’: What China said on ‘mysterious pneumonia’
1 year ago

‘Not by novel virus’: What China said on ‘mysterious pneumonia’

Hindustan Times  

A pneumonia outbreak in China has alerted the world including the World Health Organization which sought more information about the situation from the country. Medical staff in protective suits treat a patient with pneumonia On Sunday, China's health ministry asked local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics amid the latest crisis. "Efforts should be made to increase the …

No ‘unusual’ virus behind rising Pneumonia cases China has clarified, reveals WHO
1 year, 1 month ago

No ‘unusual’ virus behind rising Pneumonia cases China has clarified, reveals WHO

Firstpost  

Since mid-October 2023, the World Health Organization has been monitoring data from Chinese surveillance systems showing an increase in respiratory illness in children in northern China China has reiterated that no unusual or new pathogens have been detected in the upsurge in child respiratory illnesses in the north, the WHO said on Thursday after putting pressure on Beijing for detailed …

China's pneumonia scare: Transparency please
1 year, 1 month ago

China's pneumonia scare: Transparency please

Live Mint  

China, where covid broke out in November 2019, is in the spotlight again. The World Health Organization has asked the country for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children. In a recent statement, the WHO noted an increase in influenza-like ailments compared to the same autumn of the past three years in China’s …

Spike in illnesses isn’t a new pathogen, China reassures WHO
1 year, 1 month ago

Spike in illnesses isn’t a new pathogen, China reassures WHO

Salon  

An outbreak of respiratory illnesses in China has sparked alarm, but the sudden rise in sickness is not related to a new virus, according to Chinese health authorities. So far, the data suggests that there’s nothing out of the ordinary, but both the WHO and China have been criticized in the past for not being entirely transparent about the COVID-19 …

On China pneumonia outbreak, scientists caution to not press ‘pandemic panic button’
1 year, 1 month ago

On China pneumonia outbreak, scientists caution to not press ‘pandemic panic button’

Hindustan Times  

Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic on Thursday after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of respiratory illnesses and pneumonia clusters among children. The standard wording of the alert echoed the first-ever notice about what would become COVID-19, sent on Dec. 30 2019: "Undiagnosed pneumonia - China." "I am not going …

What is the mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China?
1 year, 1 month ago

What is the mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China?

Al Jazeera  

The WHO has asked China for more information on the undiagnosed respiratory illness that has spiked since October 2023. As China experiences its first winter without strict COVID-19 restrictions since the outbreak of the pandemic three years ago, a wave of respiratory illnesses is sweeping across the country. On Wednesday, the WHO asked China to release information on the recent …

China on ALERT over likely COVID-19 relapse ahead of winter
1 year, 1 month ago

China on ALERT over likely COVID-19 relapse ahead of winter

India TV News  

COVID-19 alert: Ahead of the winter season, an alert has been sounded across China about the relapse of COVID-19 infections and experts have asked elderly and vulnerable populations to get vaccinated. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention showed that a total of 209 new severe COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported across the country …

WHO chief urges China for ‘full access’ to solve origins of COVID-19
1 year, 3 months ago

WHO chief urges China for ‘full access’ to solve origins of COVID-19

Op India  

The Chief of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged Beijing to grant ‘full access’ and offer more information on the origins of COVID-19, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Tedros said, “We’re pressing China to give full access, and we are asking countries to raise it during their bilateral meetings — to cooperate. Speaking with Financial Times, …

Did the CIA bribe its officials to cover up COVID-19 lab-leak theory?
1 year, 3 months ago

Did the CIA bribe its officials to cover up COVID-19 lab-leak theory?

Firstpost  

A CIA official has made claims about the origins of COVID-19 to a congressional hearing. He alleges that the US agency offered six of its own analysts ‘a significant monetary incentive’ to change their position – that the virus didn’t leak from the Wuhan lab and jumped from animals to humans It’s been three years since COVID-19 struck the globe; …

China engineered Covid-19 'bioweapon' to purposely infect people, reveals Wuhan researcher
1 year, 5 months ago

China engineered Covid-19 'bioweapon' to purposely infect people, reveals Wuhan researcher

Firstpost  

A researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology has made astounding claims regarding the coronavirus, claiming that China created the virus as a “bioweapon” and that his colleagues were given four variants of the virus to see which might spread most effectively. According to an ANI report, Chao Shao, a researcher from Wuhan, made these shocking revelations in an exclusive …

COVID-19 origins remain a mystery, declassified report shows
1 year, 5 months ago

COVID-19 origins remain a mystery, declassified report shows

LA Times  

Security personnel gather near the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by a team from the World Health Organization in 2021. U.S. intelligence agencies weren’t able to determine whether researchers at laboratory in Wuhan, China, who fell sick in the fall of 2019 were infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the disease that soon spread …

No evidence COVID-19 created in Chinese lab: U.S. intelligence
1 year, 6 months ago

No evidence COVID-19 created in Chinese lab: U.S. intelligence

The Hindu  

The head of U.S. intelligence said on Friday that there was no evidence that the COVID-19 virus was created in the Chinese government's Wuhan research lab. Drawing on intelligence collected by various member agencies of the U.S. intelligence community, the ODNI report said some scientists at the Wuhan lab had done genetic engineering of coronaviruses similar to COVID-19. The report …

No evidence Covid created in Chinese lab: US intelligence
1 year, 6 months ago

No evidence Covid created in Chinese lab: US intelligence

Deccan Chronicle  

WASHINGTON: The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government's Wuhan research lab. Drawing on intelligence collected by various member agencies of the US intelligence community, the ODNI report said some scientists at the Wuhan lab had done genetic engineering of coronaviruses similar to Covid-19. ODNI said …

Learn from missteps in Covid’s early days
1 year, 7 months ago

Learn from missteps in Covid’s early days

Hindustan Times  

Covid-19 is no longer a public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared last week, roughly 1,200 days after it first learnt of a new coronavirus spreading through Wuhan, China. Still, WHO’s word is a strong determinant in global health discourse and on this count, the agency fell short in its mission, especially in the early days of the pandemic. …

Humans brought Covid to Wuhan market? Chinese scientist's shocking claim
1 year, 8 months ago

Humans brought Covid to Wuhan market? Chinese scientist's shocking claim

Hindustan Times  

A Chinese scientist claimed that the Covid-19 virus may have originated in humans negating the theory that the virus jumped from animals to humans at the Wuhan market. Tong Yigang of the Beijing University of Chemical Technology said that the genetic sequences of viral samples taken from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan were “almost identical” to those of patients …

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
1 year, 8 months ago

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search

The Independent  

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New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals
1 year, 8 months ago

New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals

China Daily  

Humans infected by the COVID-19 virus may have introduced the novel coronavirus to susceptible animals at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where the first COVID-19 cases were reported, Chinese researchers said on Saturday. Tong Yigang, dean of the College of Life Science and Technology at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, said in a press briefing that no …

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
1 year, 8 months ago

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search

LA Times  

Shen Hongbing, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks at a press conference on the origins of COVID-19 at the State Council Information Office in Beijing on Saturday. Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing …

'Until China shares all data on COVID origin, all hypotheses remained on table': WHO Chief
1 year, 8 months ago

'Until China shares all data on COVID origin, all hypotheses remained on table': WHO Chief

India TV News  

The World Health Organization chief has again insisted China share proper data on the origin of the COVID-19 virus and said until it shares relevant data, it remains a top mystery for the world. WHO chief urges China to share data "Without full access to the information that China has, all hypotheses are on the table. Further, he expressed grave …

‘Not lying, truth is…’: Scientist who found Wuhan Covid data speaks out
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Not lying, truth is…’: Scientist who found Wuhan Covid data speaks out

Hindustan Times  

A scientist from Paris stumbled upon Covid genetic data which was taken from swabs taken at the Huanan seafood market in China's Wuhan just weeks after the virus first emerged. The data suddenly vanished from public view later but the accidental discovery led to confirmation for the first time that animals susceptible to Covid were present at the Wuhan market. …

COVID-19 origins | GISAID U-turn adds to confusion over ‘new’ Chinese data
1 year, 9 months ago

COVID-19 origins | GISAID U-turn adds to confusion over ‘new’ Chinese data

The Hindu  

In an unusual turn of events, the scientists who recently announced what they said was “compelling” evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic had a ‘natural’ origin rather than being the product of a lab experiment gone awry were banned by GISAID from using the database that contained the genomic information they used for their study – only for the latter to …

Covid ‘most-likely’ jumped from animals to humans, claims new report
1 year, 9 months ago

Covid ‘most-likely’ jumped from animals to humans, claims new report

Hindustan Times  

A new analysis of samples taken from a market in Wuhan, China during the early days of the pandemic are the strongest evidence yet that the Covid-19 virus jumped from animals to humans, some researchers say. “These data do not provide a definitive answer to the question of how the pandemic began,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday in …

Explained | A boost to the zoonoses theory regarding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | A boost to the zoonoses theory regarding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

The Hindu  

The story so far: In the never-ending debate about the origin of the virus that set off the COVID-19 pandemic, there is now fresh grist for the mill for those who have held out for the zoonotic angle — that the infection skipped from animals to humans. Undisclosed genetic data from a food market in Wuhan has been unearthed and …

Release all Covid-related data after new research: WHO tells China
1 year, 9 months ago

Release all Covid-related data after new research: WHO tells China

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization has asked China to share all the information related to the origin of Covid-19 pandemic this time. New sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as additional genomic data based on samples taken from a live animal market in Wuhan, China in 2020 were briefly uploaded to the GISAID database by Chinese scientists earlier this year, …

WHO accuses China of withholding information on origin of COVID-19
1 year, 9 months ago

WHO accuses China of withholding information on origin of COVID-19

The Hindu  

The World Health Organisation has accused China of withholding information and data that may throw light on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has asked why such information was not shared three years ago. GISAID is a global science initiative and primary source established in 2008 that provides open access to genomic data of influenza viruses and the coronavirus …

WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid\'s origins
1 year, 9 months ago

WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid\'s origins

Deccan Chronicle  

United Nations/Geneva: The WHO has criticised China for withholding data related to samples taken at a market in Wuhan in 2020 that could have provided vital information about the Covid-19 pandemic's origins, calling on Beijing to be transparent and to share results of investigations it conducts. “The data, from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, relates to samples …

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say. Tedros criticized China for not sharing the genetic information earlier, telling a press briefing that …

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Genetic material collected at a …

New COVID-19 origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID-19 origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

The Hindu  

Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say. Mr. Tedros criticised China for not sharing the genetic information earlier, telling a press briefing that "this …

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

LA Times  

Raccoon dogs are seen at a cage in Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. International scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a Wuhan, China, market said they found suggestions the pandemic originated in raccoon dogs, not in a lab. Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon …

Finding COVID-19's origins is a moral imperative: WHO's Tedros
1 year, 9 months ago

Finding COVID-19's origins is a moral imperative: WHO's Tedros

The Hindu  

Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the World Health Organization said, in his strongest comments yet that the U.N. body remains committed to finding how the virus arose. "Understanding #COVID19's origins and exploring all hypotheses remains: a scientific imperative, to help us prevent future outbreaks a moral imperative, …

Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start?
1 year, 9 months ago

Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start?

Al Jazeera  

Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, questions linger about the origins of the virus that shut down borders, forced humanity into their homes, battered economies and killed millions of people. In early February, the US Department of Energy’s intelligence agency said with “low confidence” that it believed the virus originated from …

Come clean on Covid origins, says WHO as lab leak theory gains momentum
1 year, 9 months ago

Come clean on Covid origins, says WHO as lab leak theory gains momentum

India Today  

The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing. FBI director Christopher Wray told Fox News television on Tuesday that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation had now assessed the source of the Covid-19 pandemic was "most likely a …

US govt finally close to admitting what everyone knew, that Covid came from a lab in Wuhan
1 year, 9 months ago

US govt finally close to admitting what everyone knew, that Covid came from a lab in Wuhan

Op India  

The United Senate has unanimously voted to call for a bill to declassify all intelligence regarding the origins of Covid 19, more than 3 years after the pandemic broke and killed millions of people around the world. pic.twitter.com/liNdlhoKu1 — Disclose.tv March 2, 2023 The development comes a day after the US Department of Energy and later the FBI confirmed that …

COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins
1 year, 9 months ago

COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — COVID-19’s origins remain hazy. On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News that the FBI “has for quite some time now” assessed that the pandemic’s origins are “most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan.” But others in the U.S. intelligence community disagree, and there’s no consensus. Everything we skeptics said was true.” Overall mentions of COVID-19 …

Lab leak ‘most likely’ led to Covid pandemic, FBI director says
1 year, 9 months ago

Lab leak ‘most likely’ led to Covid pandemic, FBI director says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy FBI director Christopher Wray has said a laboratory leak in …

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory
1 year, 9 months ago

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

Firstpost  

Beijing: For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Responding to comments by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the involvement of the U.S. intelligence community was evidence enough of the “politicization of origin …

China says \'lab leak\' claims hurt US credibility
1 year, 9 months ago

China says \'lab leak\' claims hurt US credibility

Deccan Chronicle  

BEIJING: Beijing accused Washington on Wednesday of harming its own credibility after a top US intelligence official said his agency believed the pandemic "most likely" caused by a laboratory incident in Wuhan, China. FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News on Tuesday that the Bureau has now assessed the source of Covid-19 was "most likely a potential lab incident in …

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