China warns of countermeasures for Covid curbs on its travellers abroad

Piqued by several countries, including India, clamping curbs on Chinese travellers amid the massive surge of COVID in the country, China on Tuesday said the restrictions are discriminatory and......

Covid patients' symptoms persist for a year: Lancet study

Around half the people hospitalised with Covid-19 experience at least one persistent symptom up to 12 months after the infection, according to a study published in The Lancet journal on Friday.......

World's first testing of SARS vaccine by China

Chinese scientists have started clinical trials of the world's first vaccine against the deadly disease SARS on four young volunteers in Beijing, the state media reported on Monday.The volunteers......

At least 36 die in Moscow university fire

At least 36 foreign students were killed and 182 injured when a blaze swept through a university hostel in Moscow early Monday.The fire broke out in the five-storey dormitory of the People's......