COVID-19

BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — Political leaders and experts worldwide have strongly opposed politicizing the COVID-19 origin tracing issue, saying that such a trend would deal a heavy blow to the global anti-pandemic efforts. “Research into the origins of the virus is important from a scientific and global health policy Read more…

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host the first meeting of an international forum on COVID-19 vaccine cooperation on Aug. 5, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced Thursday. Zhao said the meeting, which will be held via video link, is themed on Read more…

NEW YORK, July 26 (Xinhua) — COVAX, the global COVID-19 vaccine equity scheme, has agreed to buy 110 million Chinese doses of Sinovac and Sinopharm, thus gaining immediate access to lifesaving vaccines that are proved to be safe and effective, a vaccine expert has said. Such a decision by COVAX Read more…

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman for COVID-19 test at a testing site in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, July 21, 2021. Nanjing, which has a population of more than 9.3 million, carried out citywide nucleic acid testing starting on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) A medical worker Read more…

ALAMEIN, Egypt, July 18 (Xinhua) — China and Egypt on Sunday decided to jointly donate 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to address the immediate needs of the local people. The announcement came as Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Read more…

BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese vaccines are gathering steam across the world, injecting strong impetus into the global fight against COVID-19 as deaths from the virus topped 4 million worldwide and variants spread to more than 100 countries. As a steadfast advocate for equitable vaccine distribution around the globe, Read more…

SANTIAGO, July 10 (Xinhua) — China’s CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine effectively prevented COVID-19 in Chile, with the adjusted vaccine effectiveness reaching 90.3 percent for the prevention of severe disease, according to a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. A nationwide mass vaccination campaign was conducted from Feb. Read more…

GENEVA, June 21 (Xinhua) — The South African government and the World Health Organization (WHO) are making progress to set up a technology transfer hub in South Africa, notably for the technology of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, according to the WHO on Monday. “I’m delighted to announce that the WHO is Read more…