Tsai administration

Lessons from the Miaoli Lockdown: The Truth About Racism in the Asia Pacific

If level three advisory alert has shown us anything, it is that Taiwan has made clear its two-tier, bilateral approach to its foreign residents: one composed of lack of labor, discrimination, and equity protection. Notably, the majority of Miaoli’s Han residents were able to shop for groceries out and about while “second-tier” and “lesser” Southeast Asian migrant workers remained locked inside of their home quarantines after being blamed and scrutinized for the outbreak of COVID in the area...

37 Domestic Cases Reported, As Testing Carried Out for TAPMC, Huannan Market, and Hulin Street Clusters

37 domestic cases, 2 imported cases were announced by the CECC at its daily press conference today. Though this is a new low in the number of cases, testing continues to be carried out for clusters at TAPMC, Huannan Market, and Hulin Street, all of which are located in Taipei. Likewise, it is known that today's statistics reflects some lag in reporting test results...

76 Domestic Cases Reported, Huannan Market Situation Monitored, TSMC and FoxConn Reach Deal with BioNTech

76 domestic cases, four imported cases were announced by the Central Epidemic Command Center at its daily press conference today. 14 of these cases were already in quarantine. 48 cases were in Taipei, while there were 24 cases in New Taipei. There were three cases in Taoyuan and one case in Hsinchu City. 77.3% of cases to date have been released from quarantine...