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CORONAVIRUS / Serious COVID-19 cases up 30% as Taiwan enters 4th Omicron wave: CDC
The number of serious COVID-19 infections in Taiwan increased by about 30 percent last week, in the latest sign the country is entering a fourth wave of cases fueled by lineages ...
05/23/2023 04:32 PM
CORONAVIRUS / Taiwan to further ease mask rules at end of May
Some of Taiwan's last remaining mask rules, which require the wearing of masks in long-term care facilities and ambulances, are likely to be lifted on May 31, the Centers for ...
05/16/2023 06:35 PM
CORONAVIRUS / Updated Moderna booster shots available for young children starting May 16
Children aged 6 months to 5 years who have already received two Moderna vaccine doses will be able to get a second-generation Moderna jab as a booster shot against COVID-19 ...
05/12/2023 10:39 PM
CORONAVIRUS / Government denies Gou accusations on handling of failed vaccine deal
The government on Wednesday denied a claim by business tycoon Terry Gou (郭台銘) that Taiwan's planned purchase of Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021 was blocked ...
05/10/2023 06:59 PM
CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 subvariant XBB set to drive new surge through July: CDC
COVID-19 subvariant XBB may become dominant in Taiwan very soon, creating a new surge of the disease through early July, a senior official with the Taiwan Centers for Disease ...
05/09/2023 08:41 PM
CORONAVIRUS / Family of woman who died after AZ vaccine shot to get NT$6 million
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) has agreed to pay NT$6 million (US$196,122) and NT$500,000, respectively, under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) to the ...
05/06/2023 05:07 PM
CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 cases in Taiwan see moderate rise over past 3 weeks: Official
The number of reported serious COVID-19 infection cases across Taiwan has increased slightly over the past three weeks, but there is unlikely to be any resurgence in the pandemic, ...
05/02/2023 09:18 PM
CORONAVIRUS / With final press conference, CECC set to disband
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) held its final press conference Thursday ahead of its scheduled disbandment on May 1, when COVID-19 will be downgraded from a Category 5 ...
04/27/2023 05:02 PM
CORONAVIRUS / Taiwan to downgrade classification of COVID-19, disband CECC (update)
Taiwan will reclassify COVID-19 from a Category 5 communicable disease to the lower Category 4 on May 1 and disband the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) after it was set up ...
04/25/2023 11:04 PM
CORONAVIRUS / Taiwan to downgrade classification of COVID-19, disband CECC
Taiwan will reclassify COVID-19 from a Category 5 communicable disease to the lower Category 4 on May 1 and disband the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) after it was set up ...
04/25/2023 05:09 PM

CORONAVIRUS / Serious COVID-19 cases up 30% as Taiwan enters 4th Omicron wave: CDC

CORONAVIRUS / Taiwan to further ease mask rules at end of May

CORONAVIRUS / Updated Moderna booster shots available for young children starting May 16

CORONAVIRUS / Government denies Gou accusations on handling of failed vaccine deal

CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 subvariant XBB set to drive new surge through July: CDC

CORONAVIRUS / Family of woman who died after AZ vaccine shot to get NT$6 million

CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 cases in Taiwan see moderate rise over past 3 weeks: Official

CORONAVIRUS / With final press conference, CECC set to disband

CORONAVIRUS / Taiwan to downgrade classification of COVID-19, disband CECC (update)

CORONAVIRUS / Taiwan to downgrade classification of COVID-19, disband CECC

Taiwan could issue sea warning for Typhoon Mawar on May 29

Typhoon Mawar expected to veer north toward Japan: Weather bureau

Taiwan issues sea warning for Typhoon Mawar

Temperatures top 39 degrees in Kaohsiung

115 tourists from Taiwan stranded in typhoon-hit Guam