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A continental cold front would continue to affect the weather until tomorrow, with yesterday’s nighttime temperatures dropping to below 10°C in northern and northeastern Taiwan, as well as Kinmen County, the Central Weather Bureau said. North of Tainan and in northeastern Taiwan, the mercury fell to 13°C to 15°C early yesterday morning, with even deeper temperatures in coastal areas and low-lying areas near mountains, the bureau said. Elsewhere, temperatures remained above 16°C to 17°C, it added. The lowest temperature in the nation’s low-lying areas was 9.5°C in New Taipei City’s ...

Applications for a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate would be launched next week, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it reported the most common adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in Taiwan. The certificate would be recognized by the EU, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. The European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan on Tuesday said that “the European Commission has adopted an equivalence decision certifying that COVID-19 certificates issued by Taiwan are equivalent...

The government missed the right time to relocate the third liquefied natural gas terminal project away from off the coast of Datan Borough (大潭) in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), the Green Citizens’ Action Alliance on Friday said on Facebook. However, as the project is instrumental to the nation’s energy transition, construction should go ahead, the group said. The remarks come just days before voters in a referendum on Saturday can voice their opinion on whether the project should be relocated. The alliance said that during the project’s environmental impact assessment in 201...

Taiwan: A retrospective review study by Shu-Chen Liao and team revealed that early hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) significantly improved delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae (DNS) symptoms in those who...

A COVID-19 vaccine trial carried out in Taiwan has found that a combination of the AstraZeneca and the locally developed Medigen vaccines is more effective than two doses of AstraZeneca, the research team said on Saturday. The trial, which was initiated by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, examined 100 people aged 22 to 62 divided into two groups: One group was vaccinated with two AstraZeneca doses, while the other received a first dose of AstraZeneca and a second dose of Medigen, team leader Chen Chih-jung (陳志榮) said. The geometric mean titers (GMTs) of neutralizing antibodies in the mix-an...