Hina shoots down 2nd WHO robe into Covid virus origin
China riday dismissed the World th Organization’s (WHO) for a renewed probe into rigin of the Covid-19 virus, ng it supported scientific political efforts to find out the disease started. e proposal was also made out full consultation with ber states, a senior Chinese omat said. “We oppose ical tracing... and abandonhe joint report”, which was d after a WHO expert team ed Wuhan in January, vice gn minister Ma Zhaoxu reporters. “We support sciic tracing,” Ma added. he Covid-19 virus first rged in the Chinese city of an in late 2019 before ading in and outside China, coronavirus tracker.
In a briefing with 31 representatives and ambassadors from 29 countries in Beijing, Ma said that recently the WHO secretariat came up with the working proposal for the next phase
But China rejects the politicisation of the probe, Chinese state media quoted Ma as saying.
US: FDA gives nod to extra dose of vaccine
The US on Thursday authorised vaccines was granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulator. “The country has entered yet another wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the FDA is especially cognisant that immunocompromised people are particularly at risk for severe disease,” said acting FDA commissioner Janet Woodcock.
Israel expands campaign for booster shots
Israel on Friday lowered to 50 from 60 the minimum age of eligibility for a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot and will also offer them to health workers, hoping to stem a surge in Delta variant infections. The director-general of Israel’s health ministry, Nachman Ash, accepted a recommendation late on Thursday by an expert advisory panel to expand third shot eligibility of the Pfizer -Biontech vaccine.