Recall fallout and the road ahead–Taiwan News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) will end its daily COVID-19 press briefings and instead give briefings once a week starting next week.That likely means that soon I won’t be starting every show with coronavirus updates! Business updates The consumer price index (CPI) last month declined 1.19 percent from a year earlier, the […]
Han gets a knife in the back from an old friend, snitches and new parties–Taiwan Report New Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a domestically-developed and produced antibody reagent for COVID-19, the first of its kind licensed in Taiwan.The antibody reagent will help researchers determine how many people have been infected by the coronavirus in a bid to better understand the real extent of infection in Taiwan during […]
Fraud, gangsters and the criminal diaspora–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Wednesday that it plans to relax its COVID-19 control measures on trains and domestic flights after June 7, as the disease has been slowing in Taiwan.Passengers taking Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and High Speed Rail (HSR) trains will still be required to have their temperatures […]
Prediction on the recall, women in government and the TPP’s big get–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates One new imported case of COVID-19 was reported in Taiwan on Monday.Taiwan’s health authorities have approved the potential new coronavirus medication remdesivir for treatment of the disease.Though clinical testing is still being carried out, it is the drug that so far shows more promising results.Two Taiwanese research institutes said Monday that they are […]
No to singing the praises of reuniting with the motherland–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates One new imported case of the coronavirus disease was reported in Taiwan on Friday, and was quarantined immediately upon return. Anyone in Taiwan can obtain a self-pay test for the COVID-19 coronavirus, with effect from Friday, as the country now has adequate testing capacity, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.They’re not cheap, […]
Viva Taiwan! And the cabinet’s testosterone levels too high for the KMT–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates It turns out the source of a cluster infection of COVID-19 on board a Taiwanese Navy ship in March originated in Taiwan rather than Palau. The Garden of Hope Foundation has called on the government to ease COVID-19 relief requirements, saying that many women and children who live separately from the family members […]
HK security law: Pres Tsai’s response may add insult to injury–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates Taiwan confirmed no new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus Monday, the 43rd consecutive day with no domestically transmitted infections.Taiwan has relaxed its rules on self-paid tests for the coronavirus at a time when infections have shown signs of easing in the country, leaving its testing capacity adequate, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) […]
Rain gear politics, DPP moves to deconstruct one-party state era legacy–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates: Taiwan reported no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.A vaccine Taiwan’s National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) is developing for the coronavirus will enter human trials as early as this autumn, Vice President William Lai (賴清德) disclosed Friday.The new vice president has a Master’s degree in Public Health from Harvard. Unemployment up slightly The unemployment […]
Han anti-recall campaign gets dirty. Wu says what!? And PRC drops “peaceful”–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates One new case of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease was reported in Taiwan on Thursday, breaking a 13-day stretch of zero new confirmed infections in the country.He is a Taiwanese man who went to Mexico in January on a work trip and returned to Taiwan on Wednesday.There were no new cases on Friday.Meanwhile, the […]
Transcript of Taiwan Report News Brief: Taiwan credibility on the line as Philippines demands deportation of Filipina from Taiwan
Coronavirus updates Taiwan on Sunday reported no new daily confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus for the fourth time in a month and no new local infections for 14 consecutive days.The total number of those infected in the country remains at 429.343 have been classified as imported and 55 as local infections.31 from Taiwan’s Navy […]
