On Tuesday, a much awaited inquiry took place in China to find out the origins of the coronavirus pandemic but it resulted in no solid findings. Theories that said that the virus came from a lab or were transmitted from animals to humans were eliminated by the investigators of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
While China was delaying the WHO investigation, the USA demanded vigorous inquiry into the origins of the pandemic which began in 2019, and China bursting with a signal not to politicise the inquiry.
Liang Wannian, head of the Chinese contingent of an inquiry carried out together with World Health Organisation, said that there was no trace that the sickness was spreading in Wuhan before December 2019.
The virus has now killed more than 2.3 million people all over the globe but investigators are struggling to find the origins of the virus.
Vaccination drives are increasing all over the world, with Iran the latest country to begin a rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V jab.
In Iran, medical professionals of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini hospital were the first to receive the vaccination shots. It is also expected to receive 4.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the Covax scheme.
The results of this vaccine in South Africa showed that it provides minimum protection against the coronavirus, but the WHO has said that the AstraZeneca shots are necessary to fight against COVID-19.
The pandemic has created huge impact on the global economy and forced hundreds millions of people to stay home.
From Thursday, schools and shops will be shut down apart from shops selling necessary items in Greece.
Britain is the latest country to order international passengers to go through various tests and be in quarantine.
Everything is yet not normal, in Tokyo’s summer Olympic Games the event organisers have issued a 33-page booklet of rules on social distancing.
