The US has not yet determined its criteria for releasing COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, but it would take into consideration infection numbers, healthcare system capacity and vaccination rates, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen said yesterday.
Christensen made the remarks after giving a virtual farewell speech, as he is to leave his post in July after three years of service.
US President Joe Biden has said that his administration would release millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses to other countries, but local media have expressed concerns over the US’ standards for selecting recipient nations and whether Taiwan would be among
The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Central Standing Committee has decided to push back this year’s elections for chairperson and party delegates, KMT Culture and Communications Committee director-general Alicia Wang (王育敏) said yesterday.
According to election procedures passed by the committee on May 5, the elections for KMT chairperson and delegates to the party’s 21st National Congress are to be held on July 24.
Under the previously approved date, people seeking to run in the elections would have to register their candidacies on June 7 or June 8.
Committee members agreed at yesterday’s weekly meeting to postpone the elections in light of the
Greater Taipei COVID patients may be transferred to ease hospital load
05/26/2021 06:24 PM
A testing site at Taipei City Hospital s Zhongxiao branch. CNA photo May 24, 2021
Taipei, May 26 (CNA) COVID-19 patients in Taipei and New Taipei, the epicenter of the current domestic outbreak, may be sent to other parts of Taiwan for treatment, to reduce the load on the hospitals in the two northern cities, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, said regional hospitals should follow the directives from their local emergency operation centers on how best to allocate medical resources, which may include transferring patients from northern to southern parts of the country.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said that another employee has tested positive for COVID-19, but that its operations are normal.
The Hsinchu-based chipmaker said that an employee at its Taichung fab had developed mild COVID-19 symptoms and was staying in New Taipei City.
The employee had not been in the office for several days, TSMC said, without specifying whether the employee worked at its headquarters at the Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區).
More than 10 people who had close contact with the employee were quarantined, or were practicing self-health management, it added.
Since the Central Epidemic Command Center raised the COVID-19 alert to
Violators of mask rule to be fined without prior warning: CECC
05/26/2021 06:37 PM
Kaohsiung. CNA photo May 26, 2021
Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Authorities can fine people for not wearing masks in public without giving a verbal warning beforehand, said Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who pledged Wednesday to rigidly enforce the rule under the current state of alert.
Chen s announcement during a press briefing indicated that the Central Epidemic Command Center s (CECC) previous policy that local governments should impose fines only when people refuse to comply with the mask rule is no longer applicable.
Under the current CECC guidelines, people should wear masks at all times outside their homes or face a fine between NT$3,000 (US$107) and NT$15,000, but local governments have adopted different standards for enforcing the rule.