Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport ranks 18th among the world's 100 best airports, five places down from last year, according to the Skytrax 2020 World Airport Awards released Monday. The airport did best in the category of Best Airport Immigration, in which it ranks second, compared with fourth last year, according to the list, which is based on votes by customers in the world's largest annual airport customer satisfaction survey carried out over a 6-month period.
The “Taiwan model” for fighting COVID-19 can be successfully adopted by democracies around the world, Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) told United States Deputy Health Secretary Eric Hargan on Friday.
Muslim diners in Taiwan can find halal options to suit every budget.
The excellent study environment in Taiwan has always been one of the major factors that attract the Malaysian students to undertake further study there, and the 2020 Taiwan Higher Education Fairs held in East Malaysia showcased the wide range of programs and courses available in Taiwan’s universities.
Nine of the 129 passengers who returned to Taiwan early Tuesday after being stranded in India and Bangladesh because of the COVID-19 outbreak have been tested for the disease after reporting possible symptoms, immigration officials said. The nine passengers declared in their health declarations that they had mild coughs over the past 14 days, and they were tested for COVID-19 as a precaution.
Some of the 129 passengers who returned to Taiwan on a special chartered flight from India on Tuesday said they had made that choice for safety reasons amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The 114 returning Taiwanese citizens, and 15 foreign nationals were placed in quarantine at two locations after they arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on a special China Airlines (CAL) flight from Delhi at 2:50 a.m. Tuesday.
The United States State Department on Friday launched a “Tweet for Taiwan” campaign calling for Taiwan’s inclusion in the World Health Assembly (WHA), drawing supportive responses from figures across the U.S. government.
Taiwan was among 19 countries that participated in a video conference on the response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which was held last week by the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). The virtual conference on April 29 focused on "sharing lessons learned regarding COVID-19 response, desires for resuming engagement and exercises in a post COVID world, and a commitment to continued cooperation across the Indo-Pacific region," PACAF said in press release on the weekend.
National Cheng Kung University Hospital unveiled Monday a lightweight protective tent designed to prevent the risk of infection while treating COVID-19 patients. Fang Pin-hui, a physician with the Tainan-based university's Department of Emergency Medicine who helped develop the concept, said doctors must be protected from getting infected, including during intubation after COVID-19 patients suffer respiratory failure.
Saint Christopher's Church in Taipei distributed hundreds of medical face masks to migrant fishermen in Yilan fishing ports on Saturday after receiving a donation from Taiwan's foreign ministry, according to an assistant parish priest.
