WHO Team Visits Chinese Virus Lab in Wuhan
World Health Organization inspectors on Wednesday visited a laboratory in China’s Wuhan city at the heart of a controversial theory that it could have been the source of the coronavirus….
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine 92% effective in fighting COVID-19
Scientists gave Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine the green light on Tuesday saying it was almost 92% effective in fighting COVID-19 based on peer-reviewed late-stage trial results published in The Lancet…
COVID-19: China seizes detains 80 persons on suspicion of producing counterfeit vaccines
Chinese authorities, on Monday, detained 80 persons on suspicion of producing counterfeit coronavirus vaccines. State news agency, Xinhua reported that the detained are alleged to have been bottling saline solution…
Council fellow says 2 weeks not much time for WHO experts as team in China visits provincial CDC
The World Health Organization-led, WHO, team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China’s central region of Hubei, where…
Prioritise vaccination of health workers, older persons – WHO urges
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to prioritise inoculation of health workers and older persons, and to share excess doses with other nations as COVID-19 vaccines are currently…
COVID-19: WHO team on tightly controlled China mission visits Wuhan hospital that received 1st patients
The team of World Health Organization, WHO, experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus met staff Saturday at the Wuhan hospital that received the first confirmed Covid-19 cases, before a…
Global Trial Shows Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Shot Vaccine Is 66% Effective
Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine has an overall efficacy of 66 percent, the company announced Friday, following results from a phase 3 trial of almost 44,000 people across many…
Online film about alleged Putin’s ‘palace’ watched over 100 million times – YouTube data
A film made by jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny alleging President Vladimir Putin owns an opulent palace in Southern Russia has been viewed more than 100 million times, according to…
COVID-19: UK Imposes Travel Ban On 30 Countries, Nigeria not on the list of African Nations
Thirty countries have been banned from entering the United Kingdom, following the rise in COVID-19 cases. Of the thirty countries banned, 13 were African, however, Nigeria was not on the…
COVID-19: Pfizer-BioNTech say vaccine effective against UK, South Africa variants
Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of a Covid-19 vaccine, said on Thursday that their product is effective against coronavirus variants that have emerged in Britain and South Africa. In a statement,…