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Montevideo, Feb 25 (EFE).- Uruguay on Thursday received 192,000 doses of China's Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac, the country's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. The country is set to kick off its national inoculation program on March 1. (Camera: SANTIAGO CARBONE). SHOT LIST: A CONTAINER WITH 192,000 DOSES OF SINOVAC BIOTECH COVID-19 VACCINE ARRIVES AT CARRASCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN CIUDAD DE LA COSTA, URUGUAY.
The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, but said there was no indication the sickness was in circulation in Wuhan before December 2019 when the first official cases were recorded. WHO foreign expert Ben Embarek, who was based in the WHO's Beijing office for two years from 2009, backs up the Chinese side's assertion saying there was no evidence of "large outbreaks in Wuhan" before then. SOUNDBITE
Images from outside a police station in central Hong Kong where democracy activist Joshua Wong is being held after his arrest for "unlawful assembly" relating to a 2019 protest against a government ban on face masks. IMAGES
Shanghai’s new restaurant "Robot". He is offering a new dining experience to its visitors, where all the dishes are served by robots. Customers can use a QR-code system to order through their smartphones. According to the manager of the creation division, using the robots has increased efficiency and lowered the costs.
European nations and Australia are lining up to join a China-led project for a new infrastructure bank in Asia, defying U.S. objections to the 50-billion dollar plan. Tara Joseph reports.