02.05.2020, New Delhi.
In India, all employees of private and public sector must use a mobile application to track contacts, Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah said on May 2 to journalists.
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Chinese scientists dispel myths about Chinese origin of COVID-19
29.04.2020, Beijing.
Chinese scientists have published an article COVID-19: Rumors and Truth about China, which dispels myths about the coronavirus. The article is available on the Rénmín Rìbào website.
Chinese Foreign Ministry responds to a French virologist about the origin of COVID-19
20.04.2020, Beijing.
There is no evidence pointing to the artificial origin of the novel coronavirus, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a briefing in Beijing on April 20.
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Three vaccines against coronavirus accepted for clinical trials in China
15.04.2020, Beijing.
The PRC Ministry of Science and Technology has accepted three COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials in China on April 14, the ministry reports.
Xi Jinping calls on Chinese nation to prepare for global changes
10.04.2020, Beijing.
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Xi Jinping held a meeting dedicated to the fight against the coronavirus and the resumption of the country’s economy, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
China’s State Council accuses USA of making chaos and humanitarian disasters
13.03.2020, Beijing.
The USA policy has resulted in global chaos and humanitarian disasters, according to the report The Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2019 published by China’s State Council on March 13.
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South Korea may become the “second Wuhan”
24.02.2020, Seoul.
South Korea has the highest number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases outside China, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports on February 24.
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China abolishes duties on goods used to fight against coronavirus
02.02.2020, Beijing.
Duties, VAT and consumer tax on imported products used to fight the 2019-nCoV virus have been temporarily abolished by the Chinese authorities. This was reported on the Chinese Financial Ministry official website on February 2.
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India may start oil and gas production in the Russian Arctic
15.01.2020, Moscow.
India may become the first non-Arctic state to be allowed onto the Russian Arctic shelf, Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Times of India on January 15.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, photo by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Terrorists are moving from Syria to Lybia to sow discord
14.01.2020, Colombo.
Terrorists are moving from Syria to Libya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on January 14 at the concluding press conference of the talks with Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena.
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