China to make COVID-19 vaccine global public good: Official
Jun 07, 2020, at 01:23 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: China will make its COVID-19 vaccine a global public good when it is ready for application after successful research and clinical trials, a senior Chinese official said Sunday.
No country should make ‘fatal’ mistake of ignoring COVID-19: Tedros
Feb 28, 2020, at 10:57 am
New York/IBNS: All countries should do more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and none should make the “fatal” mistake of assuming that it won’t be affected, UN health agency chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Thursday.
Japan isolates genome of new Coronavirus strain following China - Reports
Jan 31, 2020, at 07:38 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik: Scientists from Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases have isolated the genome of the latest strain of coronavirus that originated in China, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Friday.
Two Chinese tourists in Finland hospitalised over possible coronavirus infection: Reports
Jan 24, 2020, at 04:58 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Two tourists from China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, have been hospitalized in Finland with suspicion of having contracted the disease that has so far resulted in more than 20 fatalities, media reported Friday.
Nine dead, 440 infected with Corona virus in China
Jan 22, 2020, at 06:57 pm
Beijing/UNI: At least nine people have died and more than 440 infected from a new pneumonia-like virus -- Corona -- that has recently originated in China, media reported on Wednesday.
Canadians and Americans are likely to pay more for recycling in the future
Apr 01, 2018, at 02:36 pm
Ottawa, Apr 01 (IBNS): There is a likelihood that Canadian and American municipalities would have to pay more in the future for their recyclable material after China's decision last year to crack down on foreign waste, media reports said.
Heavy rains kill 16, 94 thousand relocated due to floods
Jul 04, 2017, at 08:42 pm
Beijing, Jul 4 (IBNS): Heavy rains killed at least 16 people in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local Xinhua news agency reported.
Need to allocate remaining carbon budget in fair manner, CSE says on climate change
Dec 10, 2015, at 01:39 am
Paris, Dec 9 (IBNS): At the Paris climate conference, there is growing momentum for tightening the global goal from 2 degree Celsius to 1.5 degree Celsius-a target that may better help the world avoid the worst effects of climate change, a CSE release said.
Ban welcomes joint China-US announcement on measures to tackle climate change
Sep 26, 2015, at 03:29 pm
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the joint announcement made on Friday by the Governments of China and the United States on the significant steps each country is aiming to take to address climate change.