Covid-19: World leaders call for international pandemic treaty
Joint letter signed by Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and others warns ‘nobody is safe until everyone is safe’
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Covid-19: Continue using AstraZeneca vaccine, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, as several major EU countries halted their rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.
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Covid-19: Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine
The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects.
The director of the Oxford vaccine group has said there was no link between the jab it developed with AstraZeneca and blood clotting, after several countries suspended its use.![Covid-19: Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine]()
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President Tsai praises Taiwan's East/West COVID-19 treatment
"Chinese medicine practitioners in Taiwan have been actively developing a treatment method for COVID-19, using both Chinese and Western medicine approaches," Tsai said at an annual Chinese medicine forum.
![President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Sunday lauded advances Taiwan has made in developing an East-meets-West approach to treating COVID-19, and said it has increased Taiwan's visibility on the global stage.]()
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Jolin Tsai to throw concerts in Taipei Arena in April
The organizers said the three concerts will be held at the Taipei Arena starting April 23 and run for three days in a row. Tickets will be up for grabs starting at 3:28 p.m. on March 28 on the ticket selling platform KKTIX.
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![Taiwanese pop singer Jolin Tsai 蔡依林, is scheduled to throw three concerts in Taipei City in April as part of her "Ugly Beauty World Tour", according to organizers, in another indication that Taiwan has managed to contain the spread of COVID-19 .]()
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COVID-19: European Union approves Johnson & Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine
The European Union has ordered 200 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine - but it's unclear when they will be ready.
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COVID-19: Brazilian P1 variant may spread more easily and could evade immune system
Experts from Brazil and the UK estimate the variant is more transmissible than previous versions of coronavirus found in Manaus. What is it and why is it a concern?
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Covid-19: Vaccine as good in 'real world' as in trial in Israel
More data from Israel's vaccination program is suggesting the Pfizer jab prevents 94% of symptomatic infections.
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