Coronavirus: Taiwan puts in order for Pfizer antiviral pill as cases rise


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Taiwan has ordered 700,000 units of Pfizer’s antiviral Covid-19 pill Paxlovid, its health minister said on Monday, amid a steady increase in the number of infections as the government pledges to gradually reopen its borders. Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control thanks to strict and early measures. But daily infections have been rising in recent weeks, with 439 new cases reported on Monday, the second highest daily increase this year. The government is on alert even though the numbers remain comparatively low and health ministry data shows 99.6 per cent of those infected so far this year had...