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Taiwanese entertainer Shiny Chang introduces plates of Taiwanese popcorn chicken in a handout image from the Kaohsiung Tourism Bureau. The Kaohsiung City Government yesterday said that the Kaohsiung Popcorn Chicken Festival is to take place at the plaza in front of Mega Far Eastern Department Store in the city’s Lingya District on Aug. 27 and 28. With more than 100 booths for popcorn chicken shops from across Taiwan, the city government expects the event to attract more tourists to Kaohsiung before the summer break ends.

The Omicron BA.2 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly spreading in Taiwan, while the original BA.1 subvariant has not been recorded in domestic COVID-19 cases since April 21, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), the deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, said that a few imported cases reported at the end of last month were infected with the earlier subvariant, but about 96 percent of the total had the BA.2 subvariant. Genome sequencing results have not shown any BA.4 or BA.5 subvaria...

Police have rescued five people in Taipei and nine in Kaohsiung who had been locked up by criminal groups that used their bank accounts for money laundering. Both cases involve people applying for fake job interviews. In the Taipei case, police on Wednesday rescued five people, two men and three women, who said they were forcibly confined inside rooms at a hostel. Seven alleged members of a criminal ring, believed to be headed by a 31-year-old man surnamed Chang (張), were arrested. Two modified handguns, one replica toy rifle, nine bullets, a homemade explosive device and metal brass rings w...

By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterAbout 47 percent of people whose deaths were related to COVID-19 this year have died within three days of testing positive, while 33 percent died within three to seven days, the Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） said yesterday.

About 47 percent of people whose deaths were related to COVID-19 this year have died within three days of testing positive, while 33 percent died within three to seven days, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the center’s spokesman, said 66,247 new local cases, 36 imported cases and 40 deaths were confirmed yesterday. As the number of daily confirmed cases has dropped in the past four days, from 90,331 cases on Thursday last week to 66,247 cases yesterday, the center was asked if ...