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Smoke and mirrors: How pointless Covid disinfections disappear in the air
In the fight against Covid, China's pandemic troops are spraying practically everything in their path. But can the massive use of disinfectants really make a difference? continue reading →
Taiwan remains excluded from WHO
Taiwan’s application remains excluded from the World Health Organization (WHO). The request to be allowed to participate in this year’s WHO annual meeting was rejected on Monday. World Health Assembly (WHA) President Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh said on Monday that the proposal by 13 WHO members to allow Taiwan to participate as an observer would not […] continue reading →
Germany to upgrade Taiwan’s WHO status
The German Bundestag wants to upgrade Taiwan’s status at the WHO. On Thursday, a corresponding motion by the SPD, CDU/CSU, Greens and FDP was adopted. In a resolution, the parliamentary groups had called on the German government to lobby the WHO to allow Taiwan to once again participate as an observer in the World Health […] continue reading →
USA supports Taiwan’s observer status at WHO
On Friday, US President Joe Biden signed a bill to help Taiwan regain its lost observer status at the World Health Assembly (WHA). The House of Representatives had passed the bill in late April without dissenting votes. The Republican and Democratic lawmakers who introduced it praised the president for his “support for Taiwan’s engagement”. Taiwan […] continue reading →
Beijing censors WHO chief
China’s major social media networks have censored critical United Nations posts about the People’s Republic’s zero-Covid policy. The posts in question were statements from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, on Weibo and WeChat. He had called China’s zero-tolerance policy on COVID-19 not sustainable. WeChat disabled the share function on […] continue reading →
WHO asks China for patent release
The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked two Chinese manufacturers of Covid vaccines to release their vaccine patents, South China Morning Post reported. “We are in touch with the two big companies that have the vaccines approved by the World Health Organization,” said Erika Dueñas Loayza, head of the intellectual property unit in the WHO […] continue reading →
US rules out COVID origin as bioweapon
The US published a supplemented version of its intelligence report on the origin of Sars-CoV-2 at the weekend. In it, the authors cite the possibility of a laboratory accident in the city of Wuhan as a possible scenario for the release of the pathogen. At the same time, they rule out the possibility that the […] continue reading →
The WHO’s next attempt at uncovering virus origin
A new science group of the World Health Organization wants to uncover the origin of the Covid pandemic. German virologist Christian Drosten may be among them. The lab theory is not officially the focus of interest – it is more about genetics and intermediate hosts. Nevertheless, those responsible are hoping to gain new insights. Is China opening up to sample collection? continue reading →
Switzerland warns media against phantom biologists
The Swiss embassy in Beijing has called on Chinese media to stop referring to the supposed Swiss biologist “Wilson Edwards” in their reporting on the origin of the Covid virus and to delete articles that cite him as a source. There is simply no Swiss person registered under that name. Nor are there any scientific […] continue reading →