Rachel Chang Bloomberg

Details of the genetic makeup of some of the earliest samples of coronavirus in China were removed from an American database where they were initially stored at the request of Chinese researchers, U.S. officials confirmed.

India is set to receive the most number of Covid-19 vaccine doses -- 97.2 million shots -- in the first tranche of distribution from the World Health Organization's Covax initiative, despite the fact that supply in the country appears to outstrip demand currently.

China detected its first local asymptomatic infections in more than a month as two port workers responsible for unloading frozen seafood tested positive, adding to alarm that contaminated imports could be transmitting the coronavirus.

Rules designed to shield the 12 million local mom-and-pop stores -- known as kiranas -- from foreign competition has hamstrung Walmart and others, like Amazon Inc.

Details of the genetic makeup of some of the earliest samples of coronavirus in China were removed from an American database where they were initially stored at the request of Chinese researchers, U.S. officials confirmed.

India is set to receive the most number of Covid-19 vaccine doses -- 97.2 million shots -- in the first tranche of distribution from the World Health Organization's Covax initiative, despite the fact that supply in the country appears to outstrip demand currently.

China detected its first local asymptomatic infections in more than a month as two port workers responsible for unloading frozen seafood tested positive, adding to alarm that contaminated imports could be transmitting the coronavirus.

Rules designed to shield the 12 million local mom-and-pop stores -- known as kiranas -- from foreign competition has hamstrung Walmart and others, like Amazon Inc.