by Xin Chen | Mar 27, 2021 | Health
European Union Chief Ursula von der Leyen ithreatened on Thursday to ban exports of Astra Zeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, if the EU did not receive the promised deliveries from Astra Zeneca. The warning came during a virtual summit of 27 EU leaders who raised...
by Xin Chen | Mar 26, 2021 | Health
, Mayors from developing countries said on Friday that the inequality in the distribution of vaccine would further reinforce economic and other disparities. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, said the disparity in vaccine rollout would result in...
by Emma Lee | Mar 16, 2021 | Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more women leaders in the health care workforce, at a time when they have played key roles in saving lives and delivering care during the pandemic. Speaking in the context of International Women’s Day, The WHO...
by Constance Yao | Mar 14, 2021 | Health
(Constance yao, Shenzhen)-Covid-19 has pushed some business to greater heights in China. “I have never been this busy, and the daily queue outside our boutique doesn’t seem to end”, said Nina, a sales assistant at a Hermes store in one Chinese city. Nina is only...
by Emma Lee | Mar 8, 2021 | Health
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday (March 3) morning, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said, marking the start of the nation’s immunization campaign. About 117,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were delivered by Korean...
by Katherine Cheng | Mar 3, 2021 | Health
By: Katherine Cheng 3 March 2021 An expert committee said on Wednesday evening that the death of a a 63-year-old man after receiving his first Sinovac shot in Hong Kong was not a result of the vaccine, but rather due to chronic disease. The panel of experts identified...
