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OPINION / EDITORIAL
By Global Times Published: May 25, 2021 12:43 AM
Photo taken on January 30, 2020 shows the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: XinhuaThe 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off on Monday and has decided not to invite the island of Taiwan as an observer to attend the assembly, which has been proposed by some countries. For the fifth year in a row, the WHA objected the Taiwan-related proposal. Thirteen countries that maintain the so-called diplomatic relations with the island submitted abovementioned proposal. It concluded that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have lost their shirts like previous years, maybe even worse.
CHINA / SOCIETY
By Global Times Published: May 13, 2021 10:43 PM Updated: May 14, 2021 12:09 AM
Photo taken on January 30, 2020 shows the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Xinhua
Looking back at the past coronavirus ravaged year, an independent review panel said the pandemic, which killed more than 3.3 million people, was preventable. Learning a lesson from a catastrophe is never too late, especially for some parts of the world still engulfed by the pandemic, said a Chinese epidemiologist, lamenting that for some countries, especially the US, which still adopts short-term fixes and individualism in fighting the virus, it s a lesson they may never learn.
Schools and stores reopened in parts of Europe on Monday, easing out of months of COVID-19 lockdowns, but the devastating outbreak raged on across the South Asian subcontinent and health experts declared the virus mutation in India a "variant of concern".