Health Health 2021-07-19 WHO chief urges transparency from China in COVID origin investigation Officials say a prior push to rule out the possibility that COVID-19 might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been 'premature'. Health 2021-07-02 China's COVID-19 'global public good' turning a bad situation worse? Infection rates are spiking in countries that relied on Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, while leaders in Beijing continue to tout their country's 'greatness' in defeating the virus. Health 2021-06-11 United States to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to world It represents the largest single purchase and donation of COVID-19 vaccines by any single country ever. Pfizer jabs will start being sent out to the world's poorest countries in August. Health 2021-05-28 Wuhan lab leak theory gains traction as COVID-19 origin probe continues Mounting evidence points to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the origin of the devastating global pandemic, and China's propaganda machine is working overtime to debunk the theory. Health 2021-02-01 Iranian leaders, medical experts clash over 'dangerous' Russian vaccine The Iranian medical community is opposing the regime's decision to administer Russia's COVID-19 vaccine in Iran. Sputnik V is yet to be approved by the international community. Health 2021-01-29 China attempts to convince world that it is 'victim' of COVID-19 Beijing's spin took on more urgency in recent weeks as World Health Organisation (WHO) experts arrived in Wuhan to probe the origins of the coronavirus. Health 2021-01-18 International probe reaches Wuhan, but what evidence will it find? Beijing's history of secrecy, disinformation and delays raises concerns that the team of World Health Organisation specialists will find a cold trail more than a year after COVID-19 first emerged. Health 2021-01-08 Khamenei blocks US, UK COVID-19 vaccines from reaching Iranian people Iran's Supreme Leader banned the government from importing COVID-19 vaccines from the US and UK, revealing he prioritises political alliances over the Iranian public's health and interests. Health 2021-01-05 Iraq inks Pfizer deal amid distrust of Chinese, Russian vaccines The Chinese and Russian vaccines have not gone through transparent, vigorous, independently reviewed processes that guarantee people's safety, health officials say. Health 2020-12-30 Chinese vaccine only '79% effective' against COVID-19, Beijing admits Hundreds of millions of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which have a 95% and 94% efficacy rates respectively, are rolling out worldwide. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next
