During a historically unprecedented pandemic, it would be not unusual for any nation to debate and discuss vaccines. Unfortunately, in Taiwan, such discussions morphed into post-factual political attacks and sensational commentaries that sow unnecessary distrust in its population at the time when public trust of our institutions is of paramount importance...
The CECC announced 286 new domestic cases of COVID-19 today, with one imported case. Domestic vaccine manufacturer Medigen announced the results of their phase two trial yesterday, while Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung stated that Taiwan had expressed interest in contract manufacturing Moderna...
263 domestic cases were announced by the CECC today, with three imported cases, for a total of 266 cases. Cases in Miaoli were again up, as a result of second-round testing among clusters that have broken out among migrant workers at five electronics factories. Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je continues to be embroiled in a controversy regarding vaccine allocation to clinics in Taipei, with news breaking today that vaccines not used in the proper vaccination order were not only distributed to the Good Liver Clinic but clinics operated by the Dianthus Medical Group...
The Taipei city government and, in particular, Mayor Ko Wen-je have come under scrutiny after a controversy regarding vaccine allocations to the Good Liver Clinic, which is accused of violating the priority order for vaccinations...
It is clear that Taiwan is at the very early beginning of what Singapore saw in April 2020, when a spike in COVID-19 infections amongst its migrant workers population led the government to order a lockdown of all migrant dormitories...
274 domestic cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the CECC, with one imported case. Controversy about individuals defying the vaccination priority order continues, after the brother of the Yunlin County magistrate was vaccinated despite not being eligible for vaccination, and a clinic in Taipei was found to be vaccinating individuals outside of the current categories for vaccination...
COVID-19 clusters broke out among migrant workers at electronics factories in Miaoli over the weekend, with 243 workers at three factories testing positive. This has, unfortunately, led to the rollout of discriminatory policies against migrant workers...
211 domestic cases were announced at the CECC press conference today. The backlog is taken care of now, so there are no backlog cases, and there were three imported cases. 26 deaths were announced...
