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By WANG XIAOYU and ZHANG ZHIHAO Officials and experts attend a news conference on origin-tracing of the COVID-19 virus on July 22, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn] Including dismissed ‘lab leak’ theory in study of COVID origin ‘defies science’, says official China cannot accept the World Health Organization’s plan for …

Gong Zhe An aerial photo of Fort Detrick, Maryland, U.S. taken, May 25, 2007. /CFP The U.S. has yet to let go of the “lab leak theory” on COVID-19 origin. After the WHO-China joint research concluded that it’s a waste of time to look into this dead-end theory in March, U.S. President …

By Gerald Mbanda As the world still grapples with the devastation caused by COVID-19, political parties and organizations from around the world have called on the international community to promote international anti-epidemic cooperation and avoid politicizing the virus origin-tracing. In a joint statement, seen by Africa China Review, the signatories …

By Wang Xiaoyu Searching for the origin of viruses, including the novel coronavirus, is an extremely difficult and complicated undertaking prone to uncertainties, but one thing that’s certain is that the quest should be underpinned by scientific evidence, not politically motivated speculation, experts said. “Whenever a major infectious disease breaks …

African countries have only acquired about 82.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said during its weekly briefing that around 1.39 percent of Africa’s total population …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa  welcomed the collaboration between South Africa’s Biovac Institute and the global pharmaceutical producer Pfizer to ensure countries in the continent have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Ramaphosa made the remarks while commenting on the collaboration between Biovac and Pfizer to produce the COVID-19 vaccines for …

Wang Yang (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, who is also in charge of coordinating the CPC Central Committee’s work on Xinjiang, attends the eighth national meeting on pairing-assistance to Xinjiang held in Aksu, northwest China’s …

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram The arrival on July 21 in Dakar of 151,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for Senegal, provided by the United States in coordination with @gavi, #COVAX, and the @_AfricanUnion – part of the approximately 25 million COVID-19 vaccines U.S. donation …

Although the COVID-19 origin tracing is a serious scientific issue that requires cooperation of global scientists, U.S. politicians have been unscrupulously selling conspiracy theories to smear China and hamper global anti-virus efforts. However, when it comes to the call for opening Fort Detrick, the infamous U.S. military biological laboratory, to …

By Africa China Review Staff Reporter CRRC’s maglev train launched on July 20, 2021 China on Tuesday July 20, launched the world’s fastest high-speed maglev train with a top speed of 600km per hour. According to the high-Speed Rail Alliance, the French TGV train is the one that held the world’s record running …