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Vaccine Victim-Blaming Taiwan Feeds into Pan-Blue Talking Points, Chinese Disinformation

Brian Hioe05/24/2021

With Taiwan now seeing near-lockdown conditions across the nation, COVID-19 has finally made its way into Taiwan. It is believed that Taiwan’s lack of any domestic vaccination, combined with more transmissible variants that developed over the past year, is why Taiwan has finally been hit by COVID-19...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics17 min read

339 New Cases Confirmed, CECC Clashes with Kinmen Government Over Testing Requirement

Brian Hioe05/24/2021

334 domestic cases, along with five imported cases were announced today at the CECC’s daily press briefing, for a total of 339 cases. Earlier today, the central government overruled the Kinmen County Government announcing that a negative PCR test was required to enter Kinmen...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics14 min read

290 New Cases Announced, Along with Six Deaths, 170 Cases Added to Backlog

Brian Hioe05/23/2021

290 new cases of COVID-19 were announced at the CECC daily press conference today. The CECC also announced that, as it is working through the current backlog of unprocessed tests, 170 new cases were added to the past week...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics11 min read

323 New Cases Today, 400 Cases Added from Backlog, with New Data Suggesting Overall Decline in Past Days

Brian Hioe05/22/2021

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung and the CECC reported 323 new cases of COVID-19 today. Chen also reported that with a backlog of COVID-19 cases that have not yet been processed, the CECC was able to make progress on getting through 10,400 tests in the backlog yesterday, resulting in revised statistics adding 400 cases to past days...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics16 min read

CECC Reports 315 Cases Today, with Fears of Vaccine Disinformation

Brian Hioe05/21/2021

The Central Epidemic Command Center announced 315 new cases of COVID-19 today, consisting of 312 domestic cases and 3 imported cases. The majority of cases were in New Taipei, with 144 cases, of which 37 were in Banqiao. Taipei had 127 cases, with 60 in Wanhua. This is slightly up from 295 cases yesterday....

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics12 min read

Will the Current Outbreak Hurt Tsai’s Public Approval?

Brian Hioe05/21/2021

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen has enjoyed a halo of public approval over the past year, because of Taiwan’s successes fighting off COVID-19. It was only until recently that Taiwan has seen a sudden escalation of cases, following an explosion of close to 1,600 cases in the past week, since May 14th...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics7 min read

295 New Cases Reported, Concerns About Cluster Infections at Hospitals on the Rise

Brian Hioe05/20/2021

The Central Epidemic Command Center announced 295 new cases of COVID-19 at its daily press briefing today. 286 cases were of domestic transmission, with 9 imported cases...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics15 min read

Taiwan Stands to Benefit from US Vaccine Diplomacy

Tristan Reynolds05/19/2021

From the US perspective, sending vaccines to Taiwan can serve as an effective object lesson for the rest of the world: stick with America and you get the world’s best science deployed to combat the pandemic. As such, Taiwan potentially stands to benefit from US vaccine diplomacy...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics7 min read

275 New Cases Announced Today, Along With Nationwide Shift to Near-Lockdown Level Three Status

Brian Hioe05/19/2021

The CECC announced 275 new cases of COVID-19 today. 267 cases were domestic transmission, with 8 imported cases. In line with the continued spread of COVID-19 outside of Taipei and New Taipei, the CECC announced that all areas nationwide would shift to level three status from today onward...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics15 min read

240 Domestic Cases, Nationwide School Closures, Two Deaths from COVID-19 Confirmed Today

Brian Hioe05/18/2021

240 new domestic cases and five imported cases of COVID-19 were announced by the Central Epidemic Command Center at its daily press conference today. Schools will be closed nationwide starting tomorrow. Government officials also confirmed news of two deaths due to COVID-19 yesterday, bringing Taiwan's death toll to fourteen in the course of the pandemic ...

COVID UpdatesEnglishMay 2021Politics14 min read

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COVID-19 in Taiwan

Vaccine Victim-Blaming Taiwan Feeds into Pan-Blue Talking Points, Chinese Disinformation

339 New Cases Confirmed, CECC Clashes with Kinmen Government Over Testing Requirement

290 New Cases Announced, Along with Six Deaths, 170 Cases Added to Backlog

323 New Cases Today, 400 Cases Added from Backlog, with New Data Suggesting Overall Decline in Past Days

CECC Reports 315 Cases Today, with Fears of Vaccine Disinformation

Will the Current Outbreak Hurt Tsai’s Public Approval?

295 New Cases Reported, Concerns About Cluster Infections at Hospitals on the Rise

Taiwan Stands to Benefit from US Vaccine Diplomacy

275 New Cases Announced Today, Along With Nationwide Shift to Near-Lockdown Level Three Status

240 Domestic Cases, Nationwide School Closures, Two Deaths from COVID-19 Confirmed Today

Lai Administration Moves to Expand Regulation of Travel to China by Government Officials

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