1. It has been revealed that the EU has agreed that AstraZeneca postpone the performance of the COVID-19 vaccine contract for three months, but only if AstraZeneca delivers 120 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by June. AstraZeneca’s initial contract with the EU required AstraZeneca to deliver 300m doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the EU by the end of June, but so far only 50 million doses have been delivered.

2.Tax Bureau of Indonesia: after the popularity of cryptocurrency among local investors soared, Indonesia is considering a tax on cryptocurrency transactions, but it is still under discussion. Indonesia currently forbids the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment, but allows them to be traded as commodities.

3. The US energy pipeline, which was shut down by hackers, is scheduled to resume operation within this week. Coronier Pipeline Transportation Company, a large US product pipeline operator, is working on a plan to restore the operation of fuel pipelines that were forced to shut down due to cyber attacks.

4. Japan’s Yoshino Pharmaceuticals said that the COVID-19 vaccine under development is expected to be supplied this year under the right conditions. If it can be achieved, it will be the first COVID-19 vaccine independently developed and marketed by a Japanese pharmaceutical company.

5. World Health Organization (WHO): novel coronavirus, a mutation that accelerated the spread of the epidemic in India, has spread to more than 40 countries and regions. The United Kingdom is the country with the largest number of reported cases of this mutated virus infection except India. 

6. Indonesian Health Minister Gunadi said in an interview with the media on May 11 that 25374 medical workers in Jakarta were followed up for 28 days after receiving the second dose of Coxing vaccine. it was found that the vaccine protected 100% of the vaccinators from death and 96% of the people from hospitalization on the seventh day after the vaccination was completed. The tracking of these vaccinators continued until late February this year. Gunadi also said that 94% of the above vaccinators were not infected with the virus, which is a good result. 

7. According to the latest data released by the German Federal Bureau of Statistics on May 12, a total of 26300 students attended courses at German universities in the 2020-2021 winter semester, a decrease of 29% compared with 37240 in the 2019-2020 winter semester. The Bureau of Statistics pointed out that the main reason for the decline in the number of spectators was the cancellation of face-to-face courses during the epidemic and replaced by online courses, which were less attractive to many students.

8.Forbes released the 19th issue of Forbes Global 2000 (Global 2000). The top five on the list changed slightly, with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China topping the list for the ninth year in a row. In terms of region, the United States has the largest number of companies on the list, with as many as 590, followed by China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), with a total of 395 companies on the list. 

9.Colonial Pipeline, the largest oil pipeline operator in the United States, paid a $5 million ransom to hackers after a cyber attack. Earlier, Colonial Pipeline said on the 7th that the company had been hit by a cyber attack and then shut down a 5500-mile pipeline. Affected by this incident, oil prices in many parts of the United States have risen and gasoline supplies are in short supply, triggering consumers to rush to buy gasoline. 

10. New research published in the Lancet-Diabetes and Endocrinology, a subsidiary of the international medical journal the Lancet, shows that when body mass index (BMI) > 23kg/m ², the risk of developing severe COVID-19 increases linearly, with each unit increase in BMI, the risk associated with severe COVID-19 increases by 5%. Overweight has the greatest impact on the risk of severe COVID-19 in people under the age of 40, and the results may help to identify priority vaccinations in young people.