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Six Domestic Cases Announced, Mixed Vaccinations to Start for Frontline Medical Workers

Six domestic cases and four imported cases were announced by the CECC at its daily press conference today. Four of these cases were already in quarantine. Two cases had unclear sources of infection and are under investigation. There were four cases in New Taipei, one case in Taipei, and one case in Taoyuan. 89.7% of cases to date have been released from quarantine...

Ten Domestic Cases Announced, Level Two Alert Extended Until August 23rd

Ten domestic cases and two imported cases were reported at the CECC daily press conference today. Seven of these cases were already in quarantine, while eight cases have known sources of infection, one case has an unknown source of infection, and one case is under investigation. Three deaths were announced. 89.5% of cases to date have been released from quarantine. Four cases were in New Taipei, three cases were in Taipei, two cases were in Chiayi, and one case was in Changhua. One of the deaths was originally from May...

Advocates Criticize New Plan to Regulate Employment Transfers for Migrant Workers

Migrant worker groups have criticized a new plan by the Ministry of Labor to require migrant workers transferring jobs to go through employment agencies run by the government. Likewise, jobs transfers will give greater priority to workers that remain in their occupational category, rather than workers trying to change between different forms of employment, and take the form of a three-way agreement between the former employer, the new employer, and the agency...

20 Domestic Cases Announced, Most Already Quarantined

20 domestic cases and one imported case were announced by the CECC at its daily press conference today. Sixteen of these cases were already in quarantine. Fourteen cases were in New Taipei, five cases were in Taipei, and one case was in Taoyuan. 89.3% of cases to date have been released from quarantine. Most cases in New Taipei were already in quarantine and were primarily from gatherings, one of which was a family gathering...

Radio New Bloom #16: Namoh Nofu Pacidal on Pangcah Feminisms

For this installment of Radio New Bloom, we present a live recording from our talk with Namoh Nofu Pacidal on April 16, 2021, "On Pangcah Feminisms." This episode is primarily in Mandarin and is the fourth episode of our current season, coming one day after Indigenous Peoples Day in Taiwan and before our talk on Sunday about the five year anniversary of Tsai Ing-wen's apology to Indigenous on behalf of the ROC state...