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COVID-19: Rail, bus operators boost disease measures By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter People should not be concerned about taking public transportation during the Lunar New Year holiday, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday, as railway and bus operators have enforced disease prevention measures in accordance with the guidelines stipulated by the Central Epidemic Command Center. Today, railway and bus operators are to enforce stricter disease ...

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Foreign visitor numbers may fall below 1m this year By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The number of international visitors is expected to fall below 1 million this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage around the world, the Tourism Bureau said yesterday. Foreign travelers to Taiwan dropped from 11.84 million in 2019 to 1.377 million last year, bureau Director-General Chang Hsi-chung (張錫聰) told a media briefing in Taipei, adding that 1.3 million arrived during the first quarter...

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The Taoyuan General Hospital. CNA file photo Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) Major hospitals in Taoyuan and Taipei have tightened their restrictions on visits to inpatients following a rising COVID-19 outbreak in a cluster of domestic infections that began with a doctor who contracted the virus while treating a coronavirus patient at Taoyuan General Hospital. Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital said Tuesday that those wishing to visit inpatients must first telephone a nursing station or use the hospitals...

‘CONTAINED’: The CECC is not considering locking down the hospital where the infections were detected, as their source has been found, Chen Shih-chung saidBy Lin Hui-chin and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Humanitarian charter flight from Guam arrives in Taiwan 01/11/2021 06:53 PM CNA photo Jan. 11, 2021 Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) A humanitarian charter flight flew to Taiwan on Monday with 47 passengers who either needed medical care or were stranded on the islands of Guam and Saipan because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The flight, operated by China Airlines, one of Taiwans largest carriers, landed at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 5:25 p.m., nearly four hours after it left Guam at 1:30 p.m. (Ta...

Opinion: Learning from the Taiwan Model [Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News Network] Dec. 22—Taiwan’s trailblazing digital minister, Audrey Tang, was the main speaker at the “Kaya Pala! (It Can Be Done)” forum the other week, which focused on lessons from Taiwan’s evident success in containing both the coronavirus pandemic and the disinformation phenomenon, the so-called infodemic. (It was my happy task to serve as forum moderator.)Tang offered a close-up view of Taiwan’s...

Italy sees nearly 850 more Covid-19 deaths in one day – latest updates 15 Dec 2020 Topics Fast News Covid-19 pandemic has infected more than 73.5 million people, causing at least 1.6 million deaths around the world. Here are updates for December 15. People wearing protective masks walk along Via del Babuino in Rome, Italy, December 14, 2020. (Reuters) Tuesday,  Italy reports 846 more fatalities Italy has rep...

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Taipei on Nov. 30. (AP Photo) TAIPEI--Taiwan has set a goal to vaccinate 60 percent of its population with a COVID-19 vaccine, or 15 million people, a health official said Tuesday. Taiwan has signed an agreement with COVAX to purchase a COVID-19 vaccine, but is also actively in talks with vaccine companies who have candidates in phase 3 trials for a potential bilateral agreement as well, said Jing-Hui Yang, a de...