美國約翰·霍普金斯大學週六(4月17日)公佈的疫情統計數字顯示，全球死於新冠病毒的人數已超過300萬，總數為300萬225人。這個數字相當於烏克蘭首都基輔、委內瑞拉首都加拉加斯、葡萄牙首都里斯本的人口數量，超過了美國大城市芝加哥(270萬)和費城與達拉斯兩個城市人口的總和。
全球已有超過1.4億人染疫，死亡逾300萬人。目前確診人數最多的國家為印度、美國、巴西、土耳其和法國。若以人口比例計算，歐洲一些國家的死亡率比美國更高。
As Covid Death Toll Passes 3 Million, a Weary World Takes Stock
“It just never crossed your mind that there would be so many dead in so little time,” said one man in Mexico City.
***研究人員正在孵化低成本的冠狀病毒疫苗
在巴西，墨西哥，泰國和越南進入臨床試驗的製劑可能會改變世界抵抗大流行的方式。
Researchers Are Hatching a Low-Cost Coronavirus Vaccine
A formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.
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40 frontliners contracted Covid-19 after completing
馬來西亞有40名醫護人員在Covid-19疫苗接種後，仍被感染，但症狀較輕
40 healthcare workers in Malaysia infected after Covid-19 vaccination reported less severe symptoms
馬來西亞有40名醫護人員在Covid-19疫苗接種後，仍被感染，但症狀較輕
40 healthcare workers in Malaysia infected after Covid-19 vaccination reported less severe symptoms
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When federal officials paused administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six cases of a rare clotting disorder, one fatal, among the 6.9 million people who had received the vaccine, many critics noted that the chance of a serious ailment was so rare as to be negligible — less frequent than being struck by lightning.
But that roughly one-in-a-million rate is far from certain. Doctors may ultimately find the vaccine is not responsible for the ailment. However, if the two are linked, it’s also possible that the chance of an adverse effect will be higher, even if it remains low.
當聯邦官員在接受疫苗的690萬人中發生6例罕見的凝血障礙（致命）後暫停了強生疫苗的注射時，許多批評家指出，發生嚴重疾病的可能性非常罕見 可以忽略不計-比被閃電擊中的頻率要少。
但是，大約百萬分之一的比率還不確定。 醫生最終可能會發現這種疾病不對疫苗負責。 但是，如果將兩者鏈接在一起，則即使不良影響保持較低，也有可能增加不良影響的機會。
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如果沒有疫苗，中國將無法贏得偉大的疫苗外交運動
OPINION| China faces a great challenge in trying to fulfill its promise to vaccinate its own people and to deliver doses to Brazil, Turkey and others eager awaiting for Chinese supplies, write Samantha Kiernan and Yanzhong Huang.
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