Tainan City, Taiwan, has reported the first case of Japanese Encephalitis in 2022
The Taiwan Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first verified case of Japanese Encephalitis this year, on Monday. The patient is in his 50s from Tainan City’s Beimen District, who has no recent local or overseas travel history and whose customary activities revolve primarily around his residence. On June 7, 2022, he developed...
Read moreNovavax gets emergency use nod from Taiwan FDA
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization to Covid-19 vaccine Novavax, on June 17, 2022. The expert committee decided to go ahead with the authorization for the protein-based vaccine after doing an overall assessment and keeping in mind the requirements of public health. Novavax will...
Read moreTaiwan’s COVID curve could start decline by Friday: CECC
There may be a downward trend in Taiwan’s COVID curve starting on Friday, according to the head of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) (June 10). Earlier this week, reporters questioned Chen Shih-chung, the director of Taiwan’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CECC), about whether the country’s COVID numbers...
Read moreAbingdon health inks deal with Taiwan firms for COVID-19 Antigen Test
Abingdon Health secured a supply agreement with Taiwanese Arise Corporation for 10 million antigen testing. The purchasing order depends on Taiwan EUA (EUA). Arise was founded in 1971 and is based in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and other Asian countries. Abingdon will introduce a new e-commerce site in the third quarter of...
Read moreTaiwan opposes opening borders to tourists for time being
Even if Taiwan is considering loosening border restrictions for business travellers in June, there are no proposals to allow tourists into the country at present. The “7+7” formula of 7 days of isolation followed by 7 days of self-health care management was supposedly under concern by the Ministry of Economic...
Read moreTaiwan reports 62,080 local COVID cases
Taiwan’s capital city has been rocked by a series of violent demonstrations. On Sunday (June 5), the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that there were more than 62,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 62,080 local and 30 foreign, resulting in 124 deaths. There were 29,070 males and 32,991...
Read moreTaiwan’s COVID success story hits snag with shift to reopening
Taiwan’s long-standing success in resisting COVID-19 is driving a record rise in cases, complicating the island’s efforts to avoid becoming a pandemic hotspot. “We will loosen border controls in order to be on the same page as the global community and resume daily life,” Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said...
Read moreIndonesian baby 1st a foreign child to die from COVID in Taiwan
At a press conference in Taipei on Wednesday, Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that a one-month-old baby boy and a five-month-older Indonesian girl had died of COVID at home before being identified. The director of Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control, Chou Ji-haw, said that 88,247 local COVID...
Read moreCORONAVIRUS/Taiwan reports 80,705 new COVID-19 cases, 90 deaths
On Tuesday, May 31st, Taiwan had 80,705 new COVID-19 infections, with 80,656 of them being locally acquired and 49 imported. There were also 90 deaths as a result of the disease (CECC). They were between 40 and 90 years old and 86 of them had chronic or significant health...
Read moreTaiwan ramps up child vaccinations after kids die from COVID
Taiwan’s health authorities have boosted immunizations for schoolchildren due to concerns about the death of youngsters from COVID-19. Two young boys, aged 5 and 6, were among the 127 people who perished as a result of 80,835 local COVID-19 infections recorded on Saturday (May 28). The Central Epidemic Command...
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