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Inside look at Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory in 100 seconds

01:48 The Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory is a research institute on virology administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). One of its labs is a biosafety

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Experts call for honest assessment on U.S. pandemic response: WSJ

A discarded face mask lies on a pool's edge in Brooklyn of New York City as the city reopens its outdoor public pools, U.S., June 26, 2021. /CFP American experts called for an all-round honest

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Russian Health Ministry Authorises Clinical Trials of EpiVacCorona-N Vaccine

The Russian Health Ministry has authorized phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of EpiVacCorona-N, one more coronavirus vaccine developed by the Vector research center, accord

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Austria targets hard-hit area with shots to battle variant

Austria is embarking on an ambitious drive to inoculate residents of a district that has been particularly hard-hit by the virus variant first found in South Africa, a

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Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine obtains marketing authorization in Tunisia

The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced Thursday that the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine has been officially approved for marketing in Tunisia."The promotion license was granted after evaluating

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China-WHO Joint Mission holds joint study press conference in Wuhan

Scientists from China and the World Health Organization (WHO) are holding a joint study press conference in central China's Wuhan City, where they have been conducting field studies on the origin of

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Vaccines available in China works against new COVID-19 variant: study

A new Chinese study found that vaccines currently available for mass vaccination in China can effectively neutralize the new coronavirus variant first identified in the UK last month, according to an

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Science in the year of COVID-19: RAZOR full episode

30:10 Join Razor reporters Emma Keeling, Shini Somara, Jo Colan, Guy Henderson and Frankie McCamley as they discuss their favorite interviews and biggest challenges from 2020 - a year

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Russian military says their COVID-19 vaccine creates immunity to virus

People are seen on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on July 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn) On Saturday, Russia's Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that Russia was preparing a mass vaccinatio

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U.S. researcher who worked in Wuhan lab calls COVID-19 leak 'unlikely'

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic is "highly unlikely a lab accident," Jonna Mazet, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Davis, who has worked with and trained researchers from the

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Cape Verde confirms 16 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 106

Cape Verde reported 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 106 in the country. According to the Ministry of Health and Social Security, among th

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Researchers develop new test kit to detect coronavirus in 15 mins

A team led by Chinese respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan has developed a new test kit which is able to test the novel coronavirus infection in about 15 minutes.The study was published on Journal of

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Germany reports 150 COVID-19 cases

German Health Minister Jens Spahn said at a press conference that 150 infections with coronavirus have been confirmed as of Monday morning in Germany. The confirmed cases were recorded in 10 out of G

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Answer Bank: Is treatment necessary for mild cases of COVID-19?

Experts have pointed out that the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a self-limited disease, which refers to some special virus infections and autoimmune diseases that can be cured through on

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Nigeria's first COVID-19 case recorded in commercial hub

Photo taken on March 12, 2015 shows vehicles along the Ikorodu road in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. For Nigeria's commercial capital, in the south-west part of the country, heavy traffic jams on the roa

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WHO COVID-19 expert team comes from global institutions: chief

The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the WHO-led international team investigating COVID-19 in China includes experts from research insti

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Wuhan Institute of Virology denies COVID-19 patient zero rumors

The Wuhan Institute of Virology in central China on Sunday denied rumors claiming that the first person to contract novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), or patient zero, came from the institute