By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday said that the latest round of bookings for COVID-19 booster shots w
/ Staff writer, with CNAElectricity for households in Taiwan’s southernmost county could be generated using only renewable energy sources before the e
/ Reuters, BEIJINGBeijing is to require travelers to get a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival in the Chinese capital, state media announced yest
PROTECTION: The New Taipei City mayor said a pass could cover stores, but not eateries, while Ko Wen-je said vaccinated people could be exempted from
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕今日獨行俠以108:92「戲耍」魔術,不過獨行俠新星東契奇(Luka Doncic)在比賽過程中與對方新秀M.瓦格納(Moritz Wagner)發生爭執,東契奇甚至氣到怒飆髒話,最終雙方皆吞下技術犯規。事件發生於第四節,魔術另一位新秀蘇格斯(Jalen Suggs)強行切入籃
中國武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)變種病毒株Omicron本土疫情蔓延,多日來嚴防死守的首都北京市已宣告淪陷,禍不單行,四川、浙江及廣西等地相繼傳出H5N6亞型高致病性禽流感疫情,在確認5例新病例後,已證實2人不治死亡。針對中國禽流感疫情升高,世界衛生組織(WHO)呼籲採取緊急因應行動
INFECTION CHAINS: Cases at a bank and a restaurant where bank employees had dinner were infected with the same Omicron strain as airport cases, the CE
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday issued a special import permit for Paxlovid, an oral antiviral drug dev
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe government aims to make Taiwan the top destination for Mandarin learners from the US, Deputy Minister of Foreign A
衣索比亞爆發提格雷內戰(Tigray War),已逾14個月,曾擔任衣國衛生部長的WHO秘書長譚德塞(Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus)先前透露「救援物資」與「藥品」送不進戰區提格雷州(Tigray Region),對此,衣國政府十分不滿,要求WHO調查譚德塞。
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕大聯盟國際球員市場即將在美國時間本月15日開市,擁有「古巴大谷」之稱的前軟銀洋將柯拉斯(Oscar Colas)有望以簽約金250萬美元(約台幣6969萬)加盟芝加哥白襪隊。柯拉斯2017年以育成選手身分加盟軟銀,2019年6月成為支配下選手,一軍初登場首打席首球就開轟,寫下軟
菸害修法朝野談談停停吊胃口已長達十年,如今千呼萬喚始出來,希望這次是來真的。菸害防制是世衛組織最重要議題,我們要進入WHO 就要在菸害議題上不落人後才行。吸菸號稱是最可預防、最能增進健康的項目,世衛組織說每年全球有八百萬人死於菸害;而統計告訴我們,這兩年死於新冠肺炎的不到四百萬人(2020與2021
TRACING THE VIRUS: Genome sequencing shows that at least four different types of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, found in 39 cases, are in Taiwan,
UNDER 40, ASYMPTOMATIC: Those who test positive upon arrival would be sent to quarantine centers, the CECC said, as recent cases mostly had no severe
STAGGERED OPENING: Higher age groups can reserve appointments first, starting with those aged 65 or older at 10am, followed by those aged 50 to 64 at
CALLING FOUL: Yilan County Commissioner Lin Tzu-miao was questioned without evidence to tarnish her reputation ahead of her seeking re-election, the K
武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)Omicron變種病毒疫情在全球延燒,據COVID-19全球疫情地圖顯示,中國從1日起確診人數至昨(13日)都未破250例,卻大舉封城。對此,毒理學家招名威指出,科興和國藥雖是WHO認證的疫苗,但對omicron的抵抗力比AZ還差。
聯合國機構13日指出,單是去年12月,貧窮國家就拒收了約1億劑獲贈的武肺疫苗,主因是保存期限過短。事實上,世界衛生組織(WHO)先前曾猛烈抨擊富國壟斷疫苗、又將即期品贈與貧國,奈及利亞上月公開銷毀逾百萬劑過期AZ疫苗更突顯了問題的嚴重性。綜合外媒報導,聯合國兒童基金會(UNICEF)運用其物流專長,
聯合國機構表示,光是去年12月,就有1億劑武肺疫苗遭窮國拒收,主要是獲贈的疫苗都快過期,窮國沒能力趕在疫苗過期前使用。法新社報導,世界衛生組織(WHO)撻伐,高所得國家貪佔疫苗在先,之後又將快到期疫苗捐給窮國,這種行為很「可恥」。報導指出,奈及利亞12月就丟掉100多萬劑過期AZ疫苗,凸顯問題的嚴重
王英明日昨有某醫師建議,不必注射新冠疫苗第三劑,讓大家自然感染Omicron ,而引發免疫力、一勞永逸。他並且批評目前政府的防疫政策,包括疫調、匡列、隔離、足跡、停業、停課,是無厘頭的人力浪費。因此也主張若有類流感症狀,最好不篩檢,如果篩陽,也最好不通報。