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  2021-07-16

  WHO chief urges transparency from China in COVID origin investigation

  Officials say a prior push to rule out the possibility that COVID-19 might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been 'premature'.

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  2021-07-07

  China's questionable vaccines slow Pakistan's COVID-19 fight

  Concerns over the efficacy of Chinese-made vaccines -- donated as part of Beijing's vaccine diplomacy -- are slowing efforts to counter the coronavirus in Pakistan.

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  2021-06-30

  China's COVID-19 'global public good' turning a bad situation worse?

  Infection rates are spiking in countries that relied on Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, while leaders in Beijing continue to tout their country's 'greatness' in defeating the virus.

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  2021-06-11

  United States to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to world

  It represents the largest single purchase and donation of COVID-19 vaccines by any single country ever. Pfizer jabs will start being sent out to the world's poorest countries in August.

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  2021-05-28

  Wuhan lab leak theory gains traction as COVID-19 origin probe continues

  Mounting evidence points to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the origin of the devastating global pandemic, and China's propaganda machine is working overtime to debunk the theory.

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  2021-05-12

  Iran's 'criminal negligence' in full view with COVID-19 border closure

  Pakistan's decision to close the border was linked to Tehran's 'criminal negligence' that enabled the virus to spread, said a government health official.

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  2021-04-30

  World increasingly wary of COVID-19 disinformation from Russia, China

  Moscow and Beijing seek to undermine public trust in Western vaccines while promoting their own jabs -- which have raised serious concerns over efficacy, quality control and transparency.

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  2021-04-28

  Healthcare workers shun Chinese-made vaccines over reliability, safety concerns

  There is widespread distrust of China's Sinopharm vaccine, and some healthcare professionals believe that China is testing low-quality vaccines on Pakistanis.

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  2021-04-14

  Over 400,000 'excess deaths' point to major Russian COVID-19 coverup

  For much of the past year, the Kremlin has been more focused on winning the public relations aspects of the pandemic than on fighting the virus itself.

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  2021-02-17

  International probe accuses China of withholding info on COVID-19 origins

  Beijing's lack of transparency and selective data sharing have frustrated the team of international specialists tasked with probing the origin of the pandemic. No conclusive findings were made.