Taipei, May 29 (CNA) Taiwan on Saturday reported 493 new cases of COVID-19, including 486 domestic infections and seven imported ones, as well as 21 deaths, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taipei, May 29 (CNA) Taiwan on Saturday reported 493 new cases of COVID-19, including 486 domestic cases and seven imported cases, as well as 21 deaths, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taipei, May 29 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) plans to review the effectiveness of the current Level 3 COVID-19 alert over the weekend and will report its conclusions to the public early next week, according to Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中).
Foreign diplomats encourage Taiwan amid COVID-19 challenges
05/29/2021 08:31 PM
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Top (from left to right): Brent Christensen and Hiroyasu Izumi; Bottom (from left to right) John Dennis and Andrea Bowman. CNA file photos
Taipei, May 29 (CNA) Several heads of foreign missions in Taiwan have offered words of encouragement and support for Taiwan s efforts to contain its recent surge of domestic COVID-19 cases.
Brent Christensen, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), said in a written response to a CNA email about the issue that he has full faith in the resilience of the Taiwan people and frontline workers and knows they will weather this difficult time with strength, courage, and unity.
National Taiwan University yesterday offered to let the government use its laboratories to assist in COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, university president Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) said.
Kuan wrote on Facebook that the university would be happy to provide its facilities for COVID-19 testing, adding that the government would first need to review any legal or virus testing venue restrictions.
There are 117 P2-rated laboratories on the university’s campuses, the university said yesterday.
Its School of Veterinary Medicine has contacted the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), which would determine how to best utilize the facilities, it added.
There are 169 departments in 60 universities