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  The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the United States, Dr Anthony Fauci is facing new attacks from Chinese state media after he suggested that there should be more investigations into the Covid-19 origin. Fauci, who is the chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, on 11 May told PolitiFact's managing editor Katie Sanders at a fact-checking event that he is "not convinced" that the SARS-CoV-2 virus developed naturally. The top American expert said: "I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened." "Certainly, the people who investigated it say it likely was the emergence from an animal reservoir that then infected individuals, but it could have been something else, and we need to find that out,” he explained and added that this is the reason why he is in the favor of any investigation that looks into the origin of t

The world’s biggest retailer Walmart has decided to set up vaccination clinics for over 200,000 of its workers and their families in India.   The company is not procuring Covid-19 vaccines but will cover the cost of inoculations for its associates and households.   The decision is taken at a time when India is witnessing a massive surge in Covid-19 cases during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.   Even though the American multinational retail corporation has no stores in India, it controls two of the most important online companies in the country –Flipkart and PhonePe.   Walmart said on 29 April in a statement that it will donate over 3,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders for delivering oxygen therapy to patients at home or in hospitals.   Additionally, the company will also donate 20 oxygen-generating plants, as well as 20 cryogenic containers for oxygen storage and transportation.   Even as part of the United States-India Business Council relief efforts, Walma