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Secrecy and cronyism at China’s main disease control agency led to a widespread shortage of tests and failures that hampered early response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to an Associated Press investigation. Click here for full Covid-19 coverage The China Center for Disease Control and Prevention awarded test kit designs …

GENEVA : The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said Friday it would be “highly speculative” for the WHO to say the coronavirus did not emerge in China, where it was first identified in a food market in December last year . China is pushing a narrative through state media …

Fighting global adversity from the coronavirus and preparing for a WHO investigation into its origin, China claimed on Friday that just because Covid-19 cases were first reported in Wuhan does not mean the contagion originated from the central city of China. Various Chinese state media outlets have been publishing reports …

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended issuing new visas to visitors from Pakistan and 11 other countries until further notice. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry confirmed the news on Wednesday saying that the decision by the UAE authorities “is believed to be related to the second wave of COVID-19,” …

A Chinese citizen journalist who has been detained since May this year for reporting on the novel. coronavirus Outbreak through social media faces up to five years in prison. The police forcibly took Zhang Zhan away and detained him for criticizing the Wuhan administration for its handling of the virus. …

China decided on Thursday to temporarily suspend the entry into the country of foreign nationals in India who have valid Chinese visas or residence permits. The decision was made after 19 passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on a recent flight from New Delhi to Wuhan. “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …

Nearly one in five Covid-19 patients may only show gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, according to a review of studies. The findings suggest that abdominal radiologists must remain vigilant during the pandemic while imaging patients, the researchers said. Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with Covid-19 vary widely, but can …

People wait in line at a Covid-19 testing site in Beijing. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein) China, in addition to denying US allegations that COVID-19 has emerged from a biological laboratory in Wuhan, also denied that it emanated from a wet market in the central Chinese city of bats or …

BEIJING: China claimed on Friday that the coronavirus broke out in various parts of the world last year, but was the only one to report and act first, refuting the widely held view that the deadly contagion originated in Wuhan before turning into a pandemic. China, in addition to denying …

BEIJING: China claimed on Friday that the coronavirus broke out in various parts of the world last year, but was the only one to report and act first, refuting the widely held view that the deadly contagion originated in Wuhan before turning into a pandemic. China, in addition to denying …