因應猴痘疫情,衛福部疾病管制署昨天宣布我國採購的猴痘口服抗病毒藥物「tecovirimat」五○四份已在昨晚運抵台灣,該藥物將由醫師評估治療效益與風險,充分告知病患並獲得同意後提出申請,經審核通過後再提供給「重症」及「免疫低下確診個案」等使用。
單日破23萬例 可能取代BA.5變異株日本目前的「第七波」武漢肺炎疫情持續擴大,京都大學教授西浦博分析,武肺病毒Omicron變異株BA.5,在日本可能被傳染力更強的BA.2.75取代,成為主流病毒株。日本廿八日新增廿三萬三○九四起確診病例和一一四起死亡病例,除單日確診病例創該國新高外,也是繼廿三、
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日本武漢肺炎(新型冠狀病毒病,COVID-19)疫情持續升溫,昨天新增近21萬例,今天(28日)更是單日新增超過23萬例確診,連續2天刷新最高紀錄;日本首都東京也首度單日新增超過4萬例確診。根據日本放送協會(NHK)報導,日本全國今天通報新增23萬3094例確診,創下疫情爆發2年多以來最高紀錄;另外
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因應猴痘疫情,疾病管制署今天宣布,我國採購的猴痘口服抗病毒藥物「tecovirimat」已經在昨天晚間運抵台灣,該藥物將由醫師評估治療效益與風險,充分告知病患並獲得同意後提出申請,經審核通過後提供「重症」及「免疫低下確診個案」使用。疾管署指出,依據世界衛生組織(WHO)及歐洲疾病管制中心(ECDC)
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