June 2021

14 Domestic Cases Announced, Close to Two Million Vaccine Doses Arrive, Including Donation from Japan

Brian Hioe
14 domestic cases and four imported cases were imported at the Central Epidemic Command Center’s daily press conference today. Seven of these cases were already in quarantine. Six deaths were also reported. There were nine cases in Taipei, three cases in New Taipei, and two cases in Taoyuan. 85.7% of cases to date have now been released from quarantine...
COVID UpdatesEnglishJune 2021Politics10 min read

Pan-Blue Politicians Successively Accused of Skipping Vaccine Priority Order

Brian Hioe
A number of pan-Blue politicians have been implicated in the scandal regarding Taipei clinics violating vaccine priority order, to vaccine individuals accused of being allowed to skip the priority order because of their elite status. Among those vaccinated include former vice president Lien Chan, former legislator and Taipei mayoral candidate Ting Shou-chung, and former legislator Chang Hsien-yao, who was also a past secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation...
COVID UpdatesEnglishJune 2021Politics8 min read

78 Domestic Cases Reported, First Domestic Cases of Delta Variant Reported in Pingtung

Brian Hioe
78 domestic cases of COVID-19 and two imported cases were announced by the Central Epidemic Command Center at its daily press conference today. 13 deaths were also announced. The Delta variant of COVID-19 has entered Taiwan, with seven domestic cases in Pingtung due to individuals that returned to Taiwan from Peru, and spread COVID-19 to others despite being under home quarantine...
COVID UpdatesEnglishJune 2021Politics13 min read

Miaoli Clusters Show That Attention to the Plight of Migrant Factory Workers Is Long Overdue

Brian Hioe
There has been increased international attention to the plight of migrant workers in Taiwan, after clusters broke out among migrant workers at eight electronics factories in Miaoli over the last month. The Miaoli clusters consisted of a total of 471 individuals, of which 400 were migrant workers, and of which 71 were Taiwanese...
COVID UpdatesEnglishJune 2021LaborSocial Movements8 min read