2021-05-06
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.
2021-02-18
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.
2021-01-29
Beijing's spin took on more urgency in recent weeks as World Health Organisation (WHO) experts arrived in Wuhan to probe the origins of the coronavirus.
2021-01-26
The Taliban make vaccinations impossible in areas they hold by threatening to kill the door-to-door teams, and they also tell the public that vaccines are a Western conspiracy.
2021-01-22
The statements of interviewed locals echo China state media's massive disinformation campaign that has been hammering home the success of Beijing, and failure of Western governments.
2021-01-15
Beijing's history of secrecy, disinformation and delays raises concerns that the team of World Health Organisation specialists will find a cold trail more than a year after COVID-19 first emerged.
2021-01-08
Iran's Supreme Leader banned the government from importing COVID-19 vaccines from the US and UK, revealing he prioritises political alliances over the Iranian public's health and interests.
2020-12-30
Hundreds of millions of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which have a 95% and 94% efficacy rates respectively, are rolling out worldwide.
2020-12-14
At least one volunteer in trials for the vaccine made by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm presented neurological symptoms corresponding to a condition called Guillain-Barre syndrome.
2020-12-11
Beijing is on a global charm offensive, analysts say, but its 'vaccine diplomacy' is not without conditions.
