Taipei, March 10 (CNA) From Thursday, people who test positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Taiwan but are asymptomatic will be eligible for early release from hospital quarantine if they meet certain criteria, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.
2021/03/10 10:58 Palau Rock Islands Southern Lagoon. (flickr, Michael photo) Palau Rock Islands Southern Lagoon. (flickr, Michael photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) As Taiwan negotiates with diplomatic ally Palau on a travel bubble, travel agencies report that the cost of a four-day trip to the island country will rise by 166 percent to NT$80,000 (US$2,821). The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Central Epidemic Command Center, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) are in discussions with the Palauan government on setting up a travel bubble as soon as April. During a press conference on Tuesday (March 9), Larry Tseng (曾瑞利), head of MOFA s Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said negotiations should conclude in mid to late March.
2021/03/10 17:54 Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday (March 9) that he is looking forward to the opportunity to visit Taiwan in the future. In an interview with CNA, Pompeo said that as a soldier during the Cold War, he had witnessed what tyranny and communism did to ordinary people s lives. He asserted that when Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping (習近平) came to power and in the ensuing years, it was apparent that he presented a real risk to the United States of America. When asked about why the State Department under his leadership removed its administrative restrictions on official exchanges with Taiwan, Pompeo said, We started staring at them and realized it was just crazy. We had this completely separate set of rules that made no sense. He said that after a full rev