地球，人間煉獄 XCIV(94th、九十四) ：建議不要為30歲以下人群接種阿斯利康新冠疫苗；紐-澳“旅遊泡泡”；India posts record COVID-19 cases

 地球，人間煉獄 XCIV (94th、九十四) ：

Only Israel and the Seychelles have inoculated a higher share of the population

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Bhutan vaccinated almost all its adults against covid-19 in a week

The widening gap is fueling frustration and potentially extending the pandemic.

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Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated. Many countries may not hit that target this year.

歐盟藥物監管局就AZ疫苗發出新指引，承認AZ疫苗可能引起血栓的副作用，但維持接種效益高於風險的結論，仍建議各國的全國打針行動繼續使用阿斯利康。

英國疫苗諮詢機構建議不要為30歲以下人群接種阿斯利康新冠疫苗

英國的疫苗諮詢機構周三表示，最好不要為30歲以下的人群接種阿斯利康開發的新冠疫苗，因擔心該款疫苗可能在非常罕見的情況下導致潛在致命的血栓問題。

英国又报告25起与阿斯利康疫苗相关的血凝事件
多个欧洲国家已对接种阿斯利康疫苗进行限制，但英国官员表示，尚无足够证据证明有必要调整当前的疫苗接种政策。

Britain offers AstraZeneca alternatives to young people

Britain said on Wednesday that it would offer alternatives to the AstraZeneca vaccine for adults under 30 as European regulators described a “possible link” with rare blood clots.

It was a setback for the world’s most widely used vaccine and a blow to more than 100 countries relying on it, particularly the global south. Europe’s medical regulator stopped short of advising that the use of the vaccine be curbed in the bloc.

U.K. and European regulators both said that it was possible that a small number of blood clots were linked to the vaccine, but that more investigation was needed. European regulators described the cases as a serious but “very rare” side effect, reiterating that the benefits outweighed the risk, but said that health professionals and recipients should be cautious about symptoms. Officials have not concluded that age or gender were specific risks.

Context: Britain had been a holdout in Europe, never wavering in its use of the AstraZeneca vaccine. But evidence mounted that very small numbers of Britons had the clots.

Here are the latest updates and maps of the pandemic.

In other developments:

Three weeks after suspending its vaccination campaign, Nepal has started administering shots again thanks to a gift of doses from China. A 28-year-old man died in the Philippines after the police forced him to do 300 squats as punishment for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules.

新冠疫苗方面的消息有：牛津大學在針對兒童和青少年的試驗中暫停施打阿斯特捷利康新冠疫苗；拜登宣布到4月19日所有美國成年人都應有資格接種新冠疫苗；美國陸軍研製的新冠疫苗開始進行人體試驗。

•新西蘭宣布將與澳大利亞構建“旅遊泡泡” 。該政策預計將於4月19日實施，兩國居民將被允許在無需隔離的情況下自由往返。

"There is no scope for complacency," says India's health minister.

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India posts record COVID-19 cases, 13-fold jump over two months

【速報】南韓在新冠病毒確診數長期於400~500人擺盪後，昨天上升至668人、今天來到700人，創下睽違91天後最高紀錄。

China has made big vaccine promises. When they come up short, nations struggle. https://wapo.st/2PYa00q

中國約1.2億人接種

如何推動大規模疫苗接種？ 從提供免費冰淇淋開始。在疫情幾乎得到控制的情況下，中國居民沒有接種疫苗的緊迫感，他們也因該行業過去的醜聞持謹慎態度。為使疫苗接種人數在6月底達到5.6億人，中國龐大的地方官僚機構正在快速運轉。從高壓手段，到消費主義誘餌，他們採取了多種威迫利誘的策略，試圖在全球疫苗接種行列中迎頭趕上。

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A year after first COVID-19 state of emergency, Japan remains in precarious situation



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