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21.09.2021 / 09:30

Chinese city orders spas, cinemas to shut after Covid case confirmed

Spas, cinemas and mahjong salons in the Chinese city of Harbin were ordered to close to prevent Covid-19 spreading in poorly ventilated spaces, state television reported.

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US to relax Covid-19 travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign nationals

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Gen. Mark Milley: Calls to China were 'perfectly' within scope of job

WASHINGTON - The top U.S. military officer said Friday that calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the final stormy months of Donald Trump's presidency were "perfectly within the duties and responsibilities" of his job.In his first public comments on the conversations, Gen.

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Jan. 6 House committee seeking records on Gen. Mark Milley's calls to China

WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaders of a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection said Thursday they have sought records related to calls from Gen.

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Tokyo Olympics didn’t worsen Covid-19 spread, data suggest

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Chinese whistleblower claims US warned of Covid 4 months before pandemic was declared

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A Chinese whistleblower has revealed US authorities were warned about a potential worldwide virus in Wuhan four months before the Covid pandemic was declared.Defector and democracy campaigner Wei Jingsheng claims that the crucial warning was ignored by officials despite his repeated attempts.The former Chinese Communist Party insider made the revelation in a new Sky News Australia documentary called ’What Really Happened in Wuhan’.Mr Jingsheng said he alerted US intelligence agencies back in November 2019 but said officials were not "heavily concerned".He said: “I felt they were not as heavily concerned as I was so I tried my best to provide more detailed information."He continued: “They

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Thousands of Covid-like infections show risk of next pandemic

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Global box office recovery still hobbled by pandemic, despite 2021 gains

a new study from London-based data firm Gower Street Analytics.The study said as of Aug. 31, the worldwide box office has already matched 2020’s haul of $12.8 billion.

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China battling new Covid-19 outbreak among schoolchildren

Southern Chinese cities have closed schools and ordered testing for millions in a race to curb a new Covid-19 outbreak which has sparked concerns over infections among unvaccinated schoolchildren.

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O’Toole ousts one CPC candidate over Islamophobic tweets but keeps other on

Erin O’Toole on Saturday defended his party’s decision to eject a female candidate linked to years-old Islamophobic tweets.

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Chinese city with coronavirus outbreak stops buses, trains

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Biden calls President Xi Jinping amid growing US-China tension

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden spoke with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders' top advisers has been largely unfruitful in the early going of the Biden presidency.Biden initiated the call with Xi, the second between the two leaders since Biden took office.

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Trudeau defends handling of China and 2 Michaels, says can’t be ‘lobbing tomatoes across the Pacific’

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau defended his government’s handling of China and the detainment of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor when challenged by Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, saying “you can’t be lobbing tomatoes across the Pacific.” Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet also challenged Trudeau, saying while people can’t be “throwing tomatoes” as a solution, he said the Liberal leader’s record on human rights is “not perfect.”

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US pumped in millions to back Covid-19 research at China's Wuhan Institute

Virology used in part to identify and alter bat coronaviruses likely to infect humans.

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Blow for Brits as country set to run out of fireworks on Bonfire Night due to Covid

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Britain is set to run out of fireworks on Bonfire Night.Experts have warned the UK is only getting a third of its normal supply as main manufacturer China has cut production due to Covid.That has caused prices to soar – with the cost of a large crate of fireworks jumping from £5,770 to £21,000. Shipping prices from the Far East have rocketed too.As a result, Britain’s entire stockpile is set to go up in smoke on November 5.

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Covid-19, Afghanistan situation on agenda of BRICS Summit

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Singh not critical of Trudeau’s handling of 2 Michaels detained in China

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he was not critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the two Michaels case, as Sunday marked 1,000 days of detention of the Canadian men in China.Singh made the comments during an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson on Sunday in Quebec City, Que. Families and supporters of Kovrig and Spavor mark 1,000 days in detention Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China in December 2018 in what is largely viewed as retaliation for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou for extradition to the United States on fraud charges.On Aug.

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New ‘highly infectious’ C.1.2 covid variant: What we know so far

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Experts indicate eight types of skin rash that could be a symptom of Covid

coronavirus, according to experts A report published by King’s College London in July 2020 used data from the Covid Symptom Study app, which is used by Scottish Government when making decisions on prevention measures amid the pandemic. It found that 8.8% of people who tested positive for the virus also reported a skin rash as part of their symptoms.A further 8.2% of people, who were yet to take a test virus, reported similar symptoms in addition to the main three linked to Covid - a continuous cough, fever and a loss of taste or smell.

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Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines wouldn’t have got nod if...: What Bharat Biotech chairman means

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Covid-19 has China’s gambling hub on a long losing streak

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New Covid-19 variant C.1.2: No cases in India so far, says govt

new C.1.2 Covid-19 variant have been detected in India so far, according to the ANI news agency. C.1.2, the new and deadlier variant of Covid-19, first reported from South Africa, has now spread to China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritius, England, New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland as of August 13, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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Covid-19 delta variant pummels China’s services sector

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Covid variant seen in South Africa not detected in Ireland

A variant of Covid-19, which has raised some concerns in South Africa, has not been detected in Ireland, according to the Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory.

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What is the new C.1.2 COVID-19 variant? Here’s what we know so far

COVID-19 variant riddled with a number of mutations, including some associated with increased transmissibility and a resistance to antibodies against the disease.The variant, named C.1.2, was first detected in May and has spread to a majority of South Africa’s provinces as well as seven other countries, including China, Portugal and the U.K.In a recent study published by researchers at the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa, the variant was described as “concerning” due to the number of mutations it possessed. The study is yet to be peer reviewed.

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COVID-19 surges in parts of Asia; levels rise in Europe

In Asia, the Philippines reported a daily record high for COVID-19 cases, as Vietnam battled high infection levels in industrial hubs. Elsewhere, a top European health official today warned of rising illness levels, along with an increase in deaths, in several countries.

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This new Covid variant could be more infectious, evade vaccine protection: Study

New Delhi: A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which cause COVID-19, has been detected in South Africa and many other countries globally which could be more transmissible and evade protection provided by vaccines, according to study.

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Abu Dhabi makes booster shot mandatory for Chinese covid vaccine

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Chinese health official rejects US allegations on virus probe

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China delays approval of BioNTech Covid-19 shot to preserve confidence in Chines

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US intelligence agencies remain divided on origins of COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.According to an unclassified summary, four members of the U.S.

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US spy agencies unable to pinpoint source of Covid-19, classified report shows

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China still withholding 'critical information' on Covid origins: Joe Biden

bioweapon -- but remained split on whether it escaped from a lab.

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Is Covid-19 a biological weapon? Here's what the US intelligence community says

COVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019.

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Origins of COVID-19 still unclear after U.S. intelligence probe, report concludes

COVID-19 without more information, U.S. officials said in a declassified summary on Friday.U.S.

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Intelligence community still divided on Covid origins

The US intelligence community failed to resolve a sharp debate within the Biden administration over whether a Chinese laboratory incident was the source of Covid-19, US officials have said in a declassified summary.

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Study: Half of COVID-19 survivors have at least 1 symptom a year later

Roughly half of 1,276 adult COVID-19 survivors in Wuhan, China, still had at least one symptom—with a third still reporting shortness of breath—a year after their release from the hospital, finds a single-center study yesterday in The Lancet.

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Covid symptoms last a year for many patients: study

Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic's long-term health effects.

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Search for Covid origins ‘stalled’, window of opportunity 'closing fast': WHO experts

coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the mystery is “closing fast."

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WHO sees signs of global COVID-19 plateau

After a steady rise for nearly 2 months, the pace of the world's COVID-19 cases seems to be plateauing, though levels continue to rise in the Western Pacific and Americas regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest pandemic snapshot.

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Biden report inconclusive on Covid spread from animals or lab

Covid-19 is inconclusive, according to an official familiar with it -- an outcome that will do little to quell debate about whether the virus spread to humans from animals or leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China.

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WHO experts say urgent search for Covid origins 'stalled'

'Diminishing returns'

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COVID-19 origins report: Unclassified version of US review expected within 'days'

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said an unclassified version of a review on the origins of COVID-19 sought by President Joe Biden is expected to be released for the public within "several days," as China accused the country of politicizing the issue.In late May, Biden ordered a 90-day review by intelligence agencies of theories about the origins of the coronavirus, including whether the virus could have leaked from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan where it was first detected in late 2019.

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New US intelligence report doesn’t provide definitive conclusion on covid-19 origins

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COVID may be most infectious 2 or 3 days around symptom onset

The risk of SARS-CoV-2 spread among COVID-19 patients to their close contacts was strongest in the 2 days before and 3 days after symptom onset and when index patients were mildly or moderately ill rather than asymptomatic, according to a US study of Chinese patients today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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India’s vaccination drive against covid-19 crosses 582.5 million doses

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Despite Delta outbreak, China says zero covid cases for first time in a month

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China reports no new local Covid cases for first time since July

China's health authority has reported that there were no new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 for the first time since July, offering more signs the current outbreak that began late last month maybe tapering off soon.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0