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White House pushes Covid ‘lab leak’ theory, blames Biden and Fauci

The White House has revamped its entire COVID-19 page, pushing the Wuhan lab-leak theory

White House has revamped its COVID website to push the lab leak theory(White House)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2025 06:20 AM IST

ByYash Nitish Bajaj

Covid-19-like bat virus discovered in Wuhan lab

As per the researchers, this virus enters cells via the same receptor used by the Covid-19 virus.

The new Covid-19-like virus is yet to be detected in humans.(Pixabay)

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Updated on Feb 22, 2025 04:24 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Five years on, Wuhan is keen to shake off pandemic label

On January 23, 2020, with the Covid-19 virus spreading, Wuhan sealed itself off for 76 days.

Scientists believe the virus may have crossed over from animals to humans at Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.(Unsplash)

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Updated on Jan 25, 2025 04:12 PM IST

AFP | | Posted by Tapatrisha Das

5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

science

Published on Jan 02, 2025 09:06 PM IST

AP |

Musk demands prosecution of Anthony Fauci over research funding to Wuhan lab

Elon Musk on Friday demanded the arrest of Dr. Anthony Fauci after it was revealed that the US government funded a dangerous research at Wuhan lab.

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Updated on May 18, 2024 01:51 AM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Biden's ex-aide agrees Wuhan lab leak as cause behind COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19's origins: Former Biden advisor Dr. Raj Panjabi acknowledges the plausibility of a lab leak in Wuhan.

Former White House aide Dr. Raj Panjabi speaks out, indicating lab leak as probable source of Covid-19 pandemic(X/Raj Panjabi)

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Updated on Dec 10, 2023 12:21 PM IST

ByTuhin Das Mahapatra

No direct evidence Covid came from China's Wuhan lab: US intelligence report

Covid-19: The four-page report said the intelligence agencies still could not rule out the possibility that the virus came from a laboratory.

The Central Intelligence Agency and another agency remain unable to determine the precise origin of the Covid-19 pandemic(via Reuters )

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Published on Jun 24, 2023 06:49 AM IST

Reuters |

Evening brief: China Covid whistleblower Fang Bin freed from jail

Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

The citizen journalist was reported to be jailed after he shared videos of scenes in Wuhan- the epicentre of Covid pandemic. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Published on May 03, 2023 05:02 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

‘Not lying, truth is…’: Scientist who found Wuhan Covid data speaks out

China Covid Origin: The scientist- Florence Débarre- posted her findings last week to bring forward the origins of the pandemic.

China Covid Origin: Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team, tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), are seen in Wuhan.(Reuters File)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2023 02:14 PM IST

ByMallika Soni

Raccoon dogs at Wuhan market emerge as possible Covid origin source in new study

Experts have said that the new findings should renew pressure on China to be more forthcoming with data, and carry on some investigations, such as into the origin of the raccoon dogs and how they landed at the animal market.

Racoon dogs have long been seen among likely intermediate hosts for the coronavirus, given how frequently the pathogen has infected them, in the same way as bats have been.(AP)

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Updated on Mar 18, 2023 01:34 AM IST

Agencies | , New Delhi

Not bats, the strongest evidence yet that this animal started Covid

Covid Origin In Wuhan: The analysis found that the samples were infected by the virus which carried genetic material of animals including raccoon dogs.

Covid Origin In Wuhan: Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team during a visit at the Hubei Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Center in Wuhan.(Reuters)

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Updated on Mar 17, 2023 01:29 PM IST

ByMallika Soni

China's anti-lockdown protest reaches Wuhan, where Covid began | 5 points

Viral videos showed protesters tearing down metal barricades, overturning Covid testing tents and demanding an end to lockdowns as they clashed with security officials in Wuhan.

Police and people are pictured during some clashes in Shanghai. (AFP)

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Published on Nov 27, 2022 10:10 PM IST

BySharmita Kar | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh

When did China doctor who 1st warned of Covid pandemic die? The mystery stays on

Dr Li Wenliang from Wuhan- said to be the place of origin of Covid- died on February 7, the hospital informed.

Covid pandemic: A makeshift memorial for Li Wenliang, a doctor who issued an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak.(Reuters)

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Published on Oct 07, 2022 01:07 PM IST

ByMallika Soni

Is Covid lab leak theory dead? Study claims virus came from a Wuhan market

An analysis of the geographic locations of the earliest known Covid cases – dating to December 2019 – revealed a strong clustering around the Huanan market.

Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology.(Reuters)

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Published on Aug 15, 2022 01:32 PM IST

PTI |

China's Wuhan seafood market likely cause of Covid-19 outbreak: Report

Two peer-reviewed studies, published in the journal 'Science' take different approaches but come to the same result that the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan was most likely the epicentre for the coronavirus.

China's Wuhan seafood market (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

world news

Published on Jul 30, 2022 01:32 PM IST

ANI |

Pair of new studies point to China's Wuhan being natural Covid origin

The first paper analysed the geographic pattern of Covid cases in the outbreak's first month, while the second examined genomic data from the earliest cases to study the virus' early evolution.

A worker in protectively overalls and carrying disinfecting equipment walks outside the Wuhan Central Hospital, China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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Published on Jul 27, 2022 02:41 PM IST

AFP |

Wuhan locks down 1 million residents in echo of pandemic’s start

More than two years since the city was sealed off to contain what was then a mysterious pneumonia, almost 1 million residents of Wuhan’s Jiangxia district have been told to stay in their homes and not go out unless necessary.

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Published on Jul 27, 2022 08:52 AM IST

Bloomberg |

Hutong Cat | Two years of pandemic control later, China faces a hard Covid test

As cities go back into lockdown, China's “Dynamic zero-Covid” strategy is being questioned on its efficacy. Here's why, with new and more transmissible variants, it may not work

A man wearing a protective suit is seen on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease.(Reuters)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2022 06:47 PM IST

BySutirtho Patranobis

Fresh reports point to Wuhan market as origin of Covid-19 outbreak

While two reports trace the origin of the outbreak to the huge market in central China, the third report indicates that the coronavirus spilled from animals into humans at least “twice in November or December 2019”.

A man holding his bicycle with a school bag on it gets a throat swab during a mass Covid-19 test at a residential compound in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province.(AP)

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Published on Feb 28, 2022 04:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

NeoCov: Wuhan scientists warn of deadlier Covid variant. All you need to know

The latest type of Covid-19 is not a new variant but related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome that affected middle-eastern countries in 2012 and 2015.

Residents wearing masks to help protect from the coronavirus gather in line as they wait for a throat swab at a Covid-19 test site outside a residential housing block in Fengtai district in Beijing, China on Wednesday.(Representative image/AP)

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Published on Jan 28, 2022 02:28 PM IST

BySharmita Kar | Edited by Sohini Goswami, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Two years, 5.5 million deaths later, Beijing stonewalls on virus origins

Fearing economic retaliation or plain threat, no country wants to take on China for being transparent on the origins of coronavirus and patient zero in Wuhan.

Wuhan Institute of Virology is suspected to the ground zero of the global pandemic.

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Published on Jan 10, 2022 11:47 AM IST

ByShishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Canadian officer fears he was at Covid ‘Ground Zero’ in Oct 2019, demands probe

The Canadian military officer was reportedly among the athletes who fell sick after attending the World Military Games in Wuhan, the first epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, in October 2019.

A man wearing a protective suit is seen on a street in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease.(Reuters Photo)

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Published on Jan 09, 2022 03:13 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

China recommits to Covid Zero amid surging Xi’an outbreak

Chinese experts warn that the new surge in Covid-19 infections won't be under control until mid to late January. Officials are committed to taking up a zero-tolerance approach towards the virus.

Xi’an reported 151 infections on Wednesday, down from 175 on Tuesday, as residents have been asked to stay indoors and driving is banned.(AFP)

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Published on Dec 29, 2021 03:56 PM IST

Bloomberg | , China

First known Covid case may have been a Wuhan market vendor: Study

The identification of the accountant as the first patient with Covid-19 symptoms had added to the speculation that the virus could have leaked from a virus laboratory located across the Yangtze river from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, the first pandemic epicentre.

The origins of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19 remains a mystery, and a major source of tension between China and several western countries. In picture - People visit a street market almost a year after Covid in Wuhan, China.(Reuters)

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Updated on Nov 25, 2021 06:51 AM IST

BySutirtho Patranobis, Beijing/washington

Wuhan outbreak: Jailed journalist on deathbed

Zhang Zhan, 38, a former lawyer, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020 to report on the chaos at the pandemic’s epicentre, questioning authorities’ handling of the outbreak in her smartphone videos.

(FILES) This file screengrab taken on December 28, 2020 from an undated video showing former Chinese lawyer and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan as she broadcasts via YouTube, at an unconfirmed location in China. - Zhang, a citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of China's initial response to Covid in Wuhan, is close to death on November 5, 2021 after going on hunger strike, her family said, prompting renewed calls from rights groups for her immediate release. (AFP Photo)

world news

Published on Nov 06, 2021 01:21 AM IST

Agencies | , Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Wuhan halts marathon as China’s cases surge

The event was expected to have 26,000 participants, taking part in races including a full marathon and half marathon.

Authorities have been racing to contain infections via mass testing of residents and targeted lockdowns.(AFP)

world news

Published on Oct 25, 2021 02:50 AM IST

Agencies |

WHO forms 'last chance' to find Covid-19 origins, urges China to provide data

Despite first human cases of Covid-19 reported in Wuhan, China has repeatedly dismissed theories. A WHO-led team spent four weeks in and around Wuhan earlier this year, insisting that the virus had probably been transmitted from bats to humans through another animal but further research was needed.

Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China(REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo)

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 14, 2021 08:04 AM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Geneva

WHO official expressed concerns about safety at lab near Wuhan market

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wuhan branch was handling coronaviruses “without potentially having the same level of expertise or safety or who knows,” said Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert on disease transmission from animals to humans.

Peter Ben Embarek had said that a lab staffer being infected with the coronavirus while collecting bat samples was “likely.” In picture - Peter Ben Embarek of the WHO addressing media earlier on February 10, 2021.(AP)

world news

Published on Aug 13, 2021 04:06 PM IST

Written by Srivatsan K C | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

China imposes new curbs as Delta variant swarms nearly half the country

Delta has spread to Wuhan, which has been virus-free since China contained the initial outbreak there early last year. The city has detected 12 cases as of Aug. 3 and is currently testing its entire population of 12 million people.

This photo taken on August 3, 2021, shows residents receiving nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.(File Photo / AFP)

world news

Published on Aug 05, 2021 08:26 AM IST

Bloomberg |

It’s deja vu in China’s Wuhan as mass testing for Covid-19 returns

Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, has recorded seven locally transmitted coronavirus cases - first local infections in more than a year - which are linked to a fast-spreading Delta variant outbreak in China.

Led by the national health commission, China has stepped up efforts to contain a new cluster of Covid-19 infections - the biggest in China since last year. (Chinatopix via AP)(AP)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2021 05:39 AM IST

BySutirtho Patranobis, Beijing

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The White House has revamped its entire COVID-19 page, pushing the Wuhan lab-leak theory

As per the researchers, this virus enters cells via the same receptor used by the Covid-19 virus.

On January 23, 2020, with the Covid-19 virus spreading, Wuhan sealed itself off for 76 days.

5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

Elon Musk on Friday demanded the arrest of Dr. Anthony Fauci after it was revealed that the US government funded a dangerous research at Wuhan lab.

COVID-19's origins: Former Biden advisor Dr. Raj Panjabi acknowledges the plausibility of a lab leak in Wuhan.

Covid-19: The four-page report said the intelligence agencies still could not rule out the possibility that the virus came from a laboratory.

Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

China Covid Origin: The scientist- Florence Débarre- posted her findings last week to bring forward the origins of the pandemic.

Experts have said that the new findings should renew pressure on China to be more forthcoming with data, and carry on some investigations, such as into the origin of the raccoon dogs and how they landed at the animal market.

Covid Origin In Wuhan: The analysis found that the samples were infected by the virus which carried genetic material of animals including raccoon dogs.

Viral videos showed protesters tearing down metal barricades, overturning Covid testing tents and demanding an end to lockdowns as they clashed with security officials in Wuhan.

Dr Li Wenliang from Wuhan- said to be the place of origin of Covid- died on February 7, the hospital informed.

An analysis of the geographic locations of the earliest known Covid cases – dating to December 2019 – revealed a strong clustering around the Huanan market.

Two peer-reviewed studies, published in the journal 'Science' take different approaches but come to the same result that the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan was most likely the epicentre for the coronavirus.

The first paper analysed the geographic pattern of Covid cases in the outbreak's first month, while the second examined genomic data from the earliest cases to study the virus' early evolution.

More than two years since the city was sealed off to contain what was then a mysterious pneumonia, almost 1 million residents of Wuhan’s Jiangxia district have been told to stay in their homes and not go out unless necessary.

As cities go back into lockdown, China's “Dynamic zero-Covid” strategy is being questioned on its efficacy. Here's why, with new and more transmissible variants, it may not work

While two reports trace the origin of the outbreak to the huge market in central China, the third report indicates that the coronavirus spilled from animals into humans at least “twice in November or December 2019”.

The latest type of Covid-19 is not a new variant but related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome that affected middle-eastern countries in 2012 and 2015.

Fearing economic retaliation or plain threat, no country wants to take on China for being transparent on the origins of coronavirus and patient zero in Wuhan.

The Canadian military officer was reportedly among the athletes who fell sick after attending the World Military Games in Wuhan, the first epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, in October 2019.

Chinese experts warn that the new surge in Covid-19 infections won't be under control until mid to late January. Officials are committed to taking up a zero-tolerance approach towards the virus.

The identification of the accountant as the first patient with Covid-19 symptoms had added to the speculation that the virus could have leaked from a virus laboratory located across the Yangtze river from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, the first pandemic epicentre.

Zhang Zhan, 38, a former lawyer, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020 to report on the chaos at the pandemic’s epicentre, questioning authorities’ handling of the outbreak in her smartphone videos.

The event was expected to have 26,000 participants, taking part in races including a full marathon and half marathon.

Despite first human cases of Covid-19 reported in Wuhan, China has repeatedly dismissed theories. A WHO-led team spent four weeks in and around Wuhan earlier this year, insisting that the virus had probably been transmitted from bats to humans through another animal but further research was needed.

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wuhan branch was handling coronaviruses “without potentially having the same level of expertise or safety or who knows,” said Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert on disease transmission from animals to humans.

Delta has spread to Wuhan, which has been virus-free since China contained the initial outbreak there early last year. The city has detected 12 cases as of Aug. 3 and is currently testing its entire population of 12 million people.

Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, has recorded seven locally transmitted coronavirus cases - first local infections in more than a year - which are linked to a fast-spreading Delta variant outbreak in China.

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