High youth unemployment remains a challenge post Covid: Report

Just when the entire world was heaving a sigh of relief, and quite literally, over the reports of COVID-19 waning away, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, September 6 said that COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations are increasing in several parts of the world and urged countries to better share information and data.

Covid-19 hospitalisation witness global surge, WHO urges countries to share data

An article published in the Yale Medicine Review on August 31 has noted the rise of Covid-19 infections in multiple countries, driven by a new Coronavirus variant called BA.2.86, which is informally being termed ‘Pirola’.

New Covid variant 'Pirola' sparks alarm in many countries

According to state-run Xinhua, China's national health service has started a fresh immunization campaign for the elderly in preparation for a potential Covid-19 wave this fall and winter.

Fear of another Covid wave looms in China, to boost vaccination rates

US authorities have uncovered a secret lab in California. The secret lab contained nearly 1,000 bioengineered mice. The mice were trained to spread coronavirus. Is this America's Wuhan lab? Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

Gravitas: US authorities uncover secret 'Covid-19' lab

Anti-vaccine sentiment has become an entrenched identity for many who believe in conspiracy theories and ignore scientific facts. They overlook assertions that inoculations saved tens of millions of lives globally when the pandemic was raging.

Tall, dark, handsome and unvaccinated? Why swipe right on dating site?

A Wuhan Institute of Virology researcher has claimed that COVID-19 was engineered as a bioweapon by China, revealing experiments and suspicious activities surrounding the pandemic's origins.

Wuhan researcher claims China engineered COVID-19 as a 'bioweapon' |

The World Health Organization's European office on Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region.

WHO warns Covid 'has not gone away'

For three years, the U.S. government has been tied in knots over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, frustrated that China’s hindrance of investigations and unwillingness to look critically at its own research have obscured what intelligence agencies can learn about whether the virus escaped from a lab.

US Intelligence Agencies may never find Covid's Origins, Officials Say

Wuhan virus has often been used as a synonym for Covid-19. As the entire world & many of the reports claimed the leak of the virus from China's Wuhan Laboratory. But many kinds of research were conducted on Coronavirus before the outbreak. An independent watchdog agency found that U.S. taxpayer funds flowed to Chinese entities for a research.

Did US taxpayers fund $2M worth of research in Wuhan before the COVID-19 outbreak?

The UK’s public inquiry into the country’s preparedness and handling of COVID-19 opened for hearings in London on Tuesday amid a vigil by some bereaved families who lost loved ones during the pandemic.

UK’s public inquiry into government’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic begins hearings

Covid-19 remains a threat even though it is no longer a global health emergency, the EU’s vaccines watchdog warned on Tuesday in its final briefing of the pandemic.

'Still circulating, new variants emerging': Covid still a threat, EU watchdog warns

Covid-19 cases are rising once again. The cases are proliferating in the epicentre of the virus. The current wave of Covid-19 infections in China could be as high as 65 million cases a week. Experts, however, have told that the current surge is 'unlikely' to impact India. As the country has already been exposed to the Omicron subvariant causing the surge.

Why India need not worry about China’s recent COVID surge

China is bracing for a massive wave of coronavirus cases, Bloomberg reported citing a senior health adviser. The new wave of the pandemic would likely witness a peak towards the end of June, with the country likely to report around 65 million infections weekly.

China braces for new Covid wave with up to 65 million weekly cases

There is widespread speculation that the World Health Organization (WHO) will decide that COVID-19 is no longer a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)” when its expert group convenes on Thursday.

Is The COVID Pandemic Over?

More than 270 subvariants of Covid have been discovered in China. On the other hand, China seems to be relaxing Covid restrictions. Will China be the cause of another pandemic? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas : Over 270 Covid subvariants found in China

India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in around eight months, while the active case burden increased to 65,286, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on April 20.

Should you be worried about India's new rise in Covid cases?

Pink eye or conjunctivitis emerges as at the new Covid symptom. As per a recent study, it is particularly on a rise in infants. What is this new symptom? How will it affect Indian infants and children?

Course of Covid virus has changed, patients see symptoms only for 3 days, rather than 15 days

In February 2020, Chinese and American scientists released a crucial study reporting COVID-19 deaths and other details. The paper was soon withdrawn by Chinese health officials. Is Chinese censorship rewriting the COVID story? Why is China obsessed with rewriting history to suit its narrative? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas : China's obsession with rewriting history | China censored COVID-19 data

India records 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, highest in around 8 months

Before the official start of the outbreak, in November 2019, Chinese researchers may have started manufacturing two Covid vaccines, according to a US senate report. The allegations are contained in a 300-page report that said the pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak and was the outcome of a "research-related incident" in Wuhan. The "presumption of accuracy" was no longer warranted, it was claimed, for the hypothesis that Covid-19 changed from an animal to a human in a market.

Covid origin: China began developing two vaccines before official outbreak

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - A Chinese scientist has come up with a new theory on the origins of Covid-19. He has claimed that the Covid-19 virus may have originated in humans. Tong Yigang of the Beijing University of Chemical Technology explained that the genetic sequences of viral samples taken from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan were “almost identical” to those of patients infected with the coronavirus. Zojila is India's hughest and longest tunnel, which will improve Ladakh's connectivity.

Did humans bring Covid to Wuhan market? ; Zojila is India's longest tunnel

Covid cases are inching up in India again. 5,880 new cases were recorded on Monday morning and the total number of active cases rose to 35,199. In view of this, the Indian government has planned nationwide mock drills on Monday and Tuesday. This is to assess the readiness of government and private hospitals. Mock Covid preparedness drills are underway in multiple cities... Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Patna In Bihar, Jhajjar in Haryana, Bhopal In Madhya Pradesh, Ahmedabad In Gujarat and Hyderabad in Telengana...and Mumbai in Maharashtra.

COVID preparedness DRILLS underway across India

China has been accused by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for withholding information crucial for determining the origins of Covid-19. This has happened after a group of international scientists pointed out that the virus might be linked to wild Raccoon dogs.

China slams WHO for politicising origins of Covid

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