カテゴリー: Medical research
Move raises questions as China’s vaccines not approved in many countries it is opening travel toCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina is resuming visa processing for foreigners from dozens of countries, but only if they have…
Parents whose only hope was finding foreign sponsorship or a clinical trial are now looking for homegrown breakthroughsFor three years, Vidya tried to find the cause of her son’s recurrent fevers and low cognitive development. When she found out, she w…
Theories including virus jumping from animal to human or via frozen food being explored by team in ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization team that visited Wuhan to investigate the origins of the …
Schemes are in development from Sweden to China, but there are fears around transmission and social unrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is the question being asked with increasing urgency around the world, at least in c…
Swimming pools, cinemas and theatres to be allowed to operate at full capacity from 1 FebruaryIndia’s health minister, Harsh Vardhan, has claimed it has “successfully contained the pandemic” and “flattened its Covid-19 graph” as the country of 1.34 bil…
Mission is politically charged as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in outbreak responseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn international team of World Health Organization experts has emerged from quarantine in …
Low uptake fuelled by fears over safety of vaccine and spread of misinformation Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia’s Covid-19 vaccine drive has been hampered by turnout as low as 22% in some states, as fears over the safe…
Minister who publicly drank syrup touted as coronavirus cure tests positive Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA self-styled Sri Lankan holy man’s supposed miracle potion to prevent Covid-19 has turned sour after a minister who…
India launches bid to vaccinate 300m people amid fears over efficacy of domestically produced vaccineEmerging from Holy Family hospital in New Delhi, Ram Verma, a sanitation worker, breathed a deep sigh of relief. As one of the first in India to receiv…
Delegation arrives as China suffers growing outbreak of coronavirus in Hebei provinceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMainland China has reported its first Covid-19 death in eight months, as a team of experts from the World H…
Israeli firm claims device allows patients to move freely and does away with painful dressingsDoctors in Europe, India and Israel have begun using a medical gun that spins out a protective web to cover burns and wounds, hoping the breathable “skin subs…
Visitors from UK and North America tell of finding themselves with a pass to one of the best-rated pandemic responses in the worldFor Christmas 2019 Efrain Vega de Varona gave his partner plane tickets to New Zealand – her dream holiday destination. It…
Visitors from UK and North America tell of finding themselves with a pass to one of the best-rated pandemic responses in the worldFor Christmas 2019 Efrain Vega de Varona gave his partner plane tickets to New Zealand – her dream holiday destination. It…
Rollout to begin ‘soon’ but about a million have already received injection under emergency approvalsSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s health authorities have approved a Covid vaccine from state-owned Sinopharm for general use on the population, …
Covid-19 resurges in South Korea; cases pass 3m in Russia. Follow all the latest on the coronavirus pandemic across the world 9.14am GMT Thai protesters demonstrated on Saturday to demand more action to help seafood sellers hit by a Covid-19 outbreak a…