BEIJING: China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday. An adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by a research team led by Chen Wei, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Institute of Military Medicine under the Academy of Military Sciences, …
Coronavirus tests can be difficult to come by in many countries including in hard-hit parts of the United States and Britain, but in Wuhan, the Chinese epicentre of the pandemic, they are fast, cheap and easy to get. My colleagues and I had just arrived in the central city where the novel coronavirus emerged in humans late last year, and …
BEIJING: China will provide over Rs 2 billion to Pakistan for completion of a smart university transformation project, it emerged on Saturday. The project, which is a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), will help accelerate Pakistan’s economic and social development. The first phase of the pilot program includes 50 public universities, the publication said. According to the Higher …
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft, carrying medical relief goods donated by China, reached Islamabad on Saturday. Speaking at the Islamabad International Airport, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal said this relief equipment is a donation from the Pakistani community in China. The NDMA chief said Pakistan currently has the ability to conduct about 40,000 …
BEIJING: The Chinese government has so far provided medical supplies including surgical masks, protective gears and testing reagents to 127 countries and four international organizations to help them fight COVID-19 pandemic. “So far, the Chinese government has provided and is providing supplies to 127 countries and four international organizations, including surgical masks, protective gears, and testing reagents,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’s …
President Dr Arif Alvi has thanked the Chinese medical team for visiting Pakistan when it was relentlessly engaged in containing the spread of the novel coronavirus. The appreciation came during a meeting with the eight-member team of Chinese doctors and medical experts. The team was led by Dr Ma Minghui, an expert in infectious diseases. The president particularly thanked the …
UNITED NATIONS: A spokesman of the Chinese Mission to the UN has rejected Indian media reports that China, during its presidency of the Security Council in March, had ignored Pakistan’s call for urgent consideration of the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir at the 15-member body, saying Beijing’s position on the decades-old dispute remains unchanged. “The question of Kashmir remains high on …
WUHAN: With long lines of cars streaming through expressway tollgates and masked passengers boarding trains, the megacity of Wuhan in central China lifted outbound travel restrictions on Wednesday after almost 11 weeks of lockdown, imposed to stem the COVID-19 outbreak. The day was marked with much sentiment after Wuhan turned the tide against the aggressive virus, which has infected over …
BEIJING – The Chinese and Pakistani armies held a video conference on the sharing of experience in the prevention and control of pneumonia caused by coronavirus, according to Chinese Ministry of Defence here on Tuesday. Around 20 health officials and experts of the two militaries in clinical, testing, prevention and control related fields attended the video conference in Beijing, Wuhan …
BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) — China on Monday released a detailed timeline of the country’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), chronicling the main facts and measures it has taken in the global joint anti-virus efforts. Based on media reports and information from the National Health Commission, scientific research institutions and other departments, the timeline offers a glimpse of …