Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan moved sharply lower Wednesday, plummeting more than 8 percent amid a sudden rise in the number of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases and talk of tightening restrictions before rebounding, dealers said.
New record set for domestic COVID-19 cases in Taiwan (update)
05/12/2021 05:48 PM
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (center) hosts Wednesday s COVID-19 press briefing. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday confirmed 16 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, the highest number of domestic infections reported in a single day in the country since the outbreak began.
Meanwhile, four imported cases three from the Philippines and one from India were also reported, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
In addition, the details of one confirmed case are still being investigated to determine whether it is a domestic or imported case.
Taiwan extends tax filing deadline to June 30
05/12/2021 10:33 PM
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A woman files her income tax at a tax office on May 3, the first working day of the month. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 12 (CNA) The deadline for filing 2020 tax returns and making payments has been extended by a month, to June 30, partly to prevent crowding at the tax offices, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Wednesday.
The extension applies to both individual and business tax filings, the MOF said, hours after Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) warned that the government might raise its COVID-19 alert to near-lockdown level in the next few days.
COVID Variant First Detected in India Spreads to Nearly 50 Countries
Voice of America
12 May 2021, 22:05 GMT+10
A day after declaring the COVID-19 variant first detected in India as one of global concern, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday that the variant has spread to 49 countries.
The U.N. health agency s new concern about the B.1.617 variant comes as India recorded 4,205 COVID-19 deaths, a new one-day record that pushed the South Asian nation s overall death toll from the pandemic past the 250,000 mark. India s total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections is now above 23 million after the health ministry reported 348,421 new cases on Wednesday.
May 12, 2021 - 2:00 AM
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) â Taiwan s president on Wednesday sought to reassure the public that the government is capable of withstanding a further outbreak of COVID -19 after 16 local cases were detected.
The exact origins of the cases have not yet been discovered.
âThe challenge at this moment is still severe. Please be alert and follow the guidelines, President Tsai Yin-wen said in televised remarks. She called on people not to panic.
Tsai said medical supplies were sufficient and vaccines would continue to be distributed.
Taiwan had virtually eradicated domestic transmission of the coronavirus through strict mask wearing, case tracing, travel restrictions and quarantine measures. It has counted 1,210 confirmed cases to date, with the vast majority imported.