Taiwan began administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine March 22, with Premier Su Tseng-chang and Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung receiving the first shots.
Taiwan began administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine March 22, with Premier Su Tseng-chang and Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung receiving the first shots.
Taiwan staged a webinar aimed at accelerating women’s economic empowerment March 18, underscoring the government’s commitment to working with like-minded partners to boost gender equality around the world.
On March 22, the Central Epidemic Command Center announced that Taiwan’s COVID-19 vaccination would start today
On March 19, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that according to the recommendations made in the expert meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the clinical benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine in preventing COVID-19 infection and severe symptoms after infection outweigh the risk of adverse reactions after vaccination, and it is recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine be offered to the priority groups as planned.
On March 19, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced six new confirmed imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Those six new cases arrived in Taiwan from the Philippines (Cases #1000-1002), the United States (Case #1003), Paraguay (Case #1004), and Indonesia (Case #1005).
Premier Su Tseng-chang on Thursday said the upcoming launch of a travel bubble between Taiwan and Palau represents the first such bubble to be formed in the Asia-Pacific region and marks an important milestone in bilateral ties. Palau has had no recorded cases of COVID-19 while Taiwan is a COVID-safe country, and the travel bubble will be conducted under five main disease prevention principles.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs March 13 expressed deep grief over the passing of Chiou Chwei-liang, a former national policy adviser to the president, earlier in the day in Brisbane.
A workshop on building resilience to disasters was staged under the Taiwan-U.S.-Japan Global Cooperation and Training Framework March 10 in Taipei City, underscoring the commitment of like-minded partners to deepening cooperation in disaster prevention and mitigation.
Following a presentation Thursday by the Ministry of Culture (MOC) on achievements in the revitalization and guidance of national cinema, Premier Su Tseng-chang said that Taiwan has the world’s richest repository of moving stories, and that the government would continue its assistance and support for the movie industry. The premier said that in addition to sharing the nation’s many engaging tales with the world, domestic cinema can draw talent from abroad to come make films in Taiwan.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, celebrated on Monday, Premier Su Tseng-chang thanked the women of Taiwan for their contributions to the nation and the roles they played in the home and workplace through the most trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In an assessment conducted by the government, Taiwan ranked sixth worldwide and first in Asia for gender equality, based on methods used by the U.N. Development Programme to compile the latest 2019 Gender Inequality Index.
