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China's Hebei quarantines over 20,000 residents in 15 villages amid new COVID-19 outbreak

Jan 12, 2021, at 10:32 pm

Beijing/Sputnik: Local authorities in central China's Hebei province have sent over 20,000 residents from 15 villages to centralized quarantine centers, as part of their efforts to curb the recent local COVID-19 outbreak, a top provincial official said on Tuesday.

Chinese expert says Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is 'most unsafe in world' with 73 side effects

Jan 10, 2021, at 05:08 am

Beijing: A Chinese vaccine expert has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine which has been rolled out by the nation as the 'most unsafe vaccine in the world'.

China's Shijiazhuang under lockdown, undergoing mass testing : Official

Jan 08, 2021, at 04:44 am

Moscow/Sputnik: The Chinese city of Shijiazhuang goes into virtual lockdown, a local official told reporters Thursday, as the total number of COVID-19 cases detected in the past five days has reached 234.

China blocks WHO team from entering to study origins of coronavirus, Tedros feels 'disappointed'

Jan 06, 2021, at 03:08 pm

Geneva: The World Health Organization has said China blocked the arrival of its team to probe the origin of the COVID-19 disease which has now spread across the world.

China sends experts to city of Dalian after 39 COVID-19 cases reported amid local outbreak

Dec 25, 2020, at 10:46 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: China's National Health Commission (NHC) has dispatched a team of experts to supervise the local containment efforts in the city of Dalian, where 39 new COVID-19 cases were identified during the recent local outbreak.

Leaked documents now expose China's lies about the gravity of COVID-19 outbreak

Dec 02, 2020, at 04:39 pm

Beijing: A leaked document has now revealed China's mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19, a virus that has now left the world paralysed for the past one year.

Chinese Spacecraft Chang'e-5 successfully lands on Moon

Dec 02, 2020, at 05:50 am

Beijing/UNI: Chinese probe Chang'e-5 made a successful landing on Tuesday in a designated area on the visible side of the Moon to collect lunar soil samples later, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.

Global tally of COVID-19 cases exceeds 50mln: Johns Hopkins University

Nov 09, 2020, at 01:45 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: The number of COVID-19 infections across the world has surpassed 50 million, according to the latest data provided by Johns Hopkins University on Sunday.

Chinese mainland reports 6 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases

Oct 31, 2020, at 02:16 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: Six new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.

Chinese mainland reports 15 new imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 25, 2020, at 11:18 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 15 new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,228, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Chinese mainland reports 28 new imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 24, 2020, at 03:01 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 28 new imported COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,213, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

Chinese mainland reports 18 new imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 23, 2020, at 11:37 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 18 new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,185, the National Health Commission said Friday.

No evidence to back China’s claim of simultaneous coronanvirus outbreak across several nations: Harsh Vardhan

Oct 19, 2020, at 12:50 am

New Delhi: Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday rejected China's claim that the COVID-19 pandemic broke out simultaneously in several countries last year.

Chinese mainland reports 13 new imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 17, 2020, at 03:02 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 13 new imported COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,097, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

Chinese mainland reports 21 new imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 12, 2020, at 03:11 am

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 21 new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,008, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

China joins global effort to ensure COVID vaccine access for all

Oct 10, 2020, at 03:24 pm

New York: China is among three additional countries to have signed on to a global initiative that aims to ensure fair and equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine once developed, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday. 

Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

Oct 09, 2020, at 10:14 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Friday.

China officially joins COVAX international program

Oct 09, 2020, at 02:26 pm

Beijing/UNI: China has officially joined the World Health Organization-led COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Friday.

Chinese mainland reports 20 new imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 05, 2020, at 02:59 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 20 new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,921, the National Health Commission said Monday.

Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 02, 2020, at 02:25 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,875, the National Health Commission said Friday.

Chinese mainland reports 19 new imported COVID-19 cases

Sep 30, 2020, at 02:31 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 19 new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,854, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

Chinese mainland reports 21 new imported COVID-19 cases

Sep 28, 2020, at 03:34 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 21 new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,823, the National Health Commission said Monday.

Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

Sep 25, 2020, at 03:00 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Friday.

Amid COVID-19 horror, Brucellosis outbreak hits thousands after factory leak in China

Sep 19, 2020, at 02:33 am

Beijing: The horror of COVID-19 pandemic is still not over and in such a scenario a new report has emerged that several people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease.

China leading in COVID-19 vaccine development, has no need to steal foreign data, claims Beijing

Sep 18, 2020, at 09:51 pm

Beijing/Sputnik: China is leading in the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 and thus Beijing does not need to steal vaccine-related data from other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Friday, commenting on media reports claiming that Chinese hackers had allegedly stolen data on coronavirus vaccine development from Spain.

COVID-19 comes from Wuhan lab: Chinese virologist claims

Sep 15, 2020, at 02:04 am

A Chinese virologist has claimed that she has scientific proof that the COVID-19 virus originated from a Wuhan laboratory. 

Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases

Sep 14, 2020, at 03:00 am

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,635, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Iraq reports 4,106 new COVID-19 cases, 286,778 in total

Sep 13, 2020, at 01:54 pm

Baghdad/Xinhua: The Iraqi Health Ministry reported 4,106 COVID-19 new cases, raising the total nationwide infections to 2,86,778.

China to begin human trials for first nasal spray COVID-19 Vaccine: Report

Sep 11, 2020, at 06:24 am

Beijing/IBNS: China’s first nasal spray vaccine for coronavirus infection is all set to enter the trial phase with 100 volunteers, Chinese government-run Global Times reported.

China's Hubei reports no new COVID-19 cases

Aug 26, 2020, at 03:56 pm

Wuhan/Xinhua: No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Tuesday, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.