COVID-19 prevention measures in Taiwan have been strengthened, following the first reported case of domestic COVID-19 transmission since April and the first imported case of a new strain of COVID-19 originally detected in the UK that many experts believe may be more infectious than the original strain...
Taiwan reported its first case of the local transmission of COVID-19 since April today, ending a streak of 253 days without domestic transmission of COVID-19 in Taiwan...
The Tsai administration has moved to strengthen COVID-19 prevention measures in the past few days. The Tsai administration’s actions are in response to an anticipated wave of returnees for the Lunar New Year Holiday, as well as because of an uptick in imported COVID-19 cases over the past month that has brought Taiwan’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 609...
Taiwan failed to secure admission to the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization, again this year due to Chinese pressure...
American Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar ended a four-day visit to Taiwan today, visiting the Taipei Guest House to pay his respects to recently deceased former president Lee Teng-hui before returning to America on a flight scheduled for the afternoon...
With Tsai beginning her second term as president, Tsai’s cabinet saw a minor reshuffle earlier this month. At the same time, with most positions remaining the same, Tsai’s cabinet primarily represents continuity more than anything else...
In a surprise, the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced earlier today that it would be withdrawing Taiwan’s bid to participate in the World Health Assembly as an observer. Notably, the opening remarks for the World Health Assembly summit, which will be held in Geneva and online today and tomorrow, were delivered by Chinese president Xi Jinping...
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokespersons, the Taiwanese government does not expect an invitation to the World Health Assembly this year...