Premier Su Tseng-chang on Monday visited the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) to inspect frontline deployments in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and hear the latest reports on the situation. The premier said that Taiwan is successfully holding the line in the first phase of prevention efforts and now must move on to containment and disaster mitigation work.
Young Taiwanese who are interested in becoming "youth ambassadors" and represent their country in the Pacific, Southeast Asia or South Asia will soon have their chance to get involved. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has begun accepting applications from Taiwanese university and graduate school students aged 18-35 for the openings in the 2020 program.
Taiwan is aiming to begin exporting pineapples to Australia by May, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday, after it announced a day earlier that Australia was now allowing such imports. Three pineapple farms in the southern county of Pingtung have already registered to ship their fruit to Australia, the COA said, adding that it has been in contact with Australian distributors. The first shipment of fresh pineapples to Australia is likely to be around late May, but first the fruit m
Foreign envoys have praised Taiwan's “quick” and “effective” response to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, saying Taiwan has set an example other countries can learn from.
Australia has opened its doors to imports of Taiwan-grown pineapples after nearly five years of consultations between agricultural authorities of the two countries, Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) said Monday.
As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to expand internationally, the CECC has listed China (including Hong Kong and Macau), South Korea, and Italy and Iran under travel notice Level 3: Warning; Japan and Singapore under Level 2: Alert; and Thailand under Level 1: Watch.
Taiwan's government is planning a campaign to get information on health and hygiene to migrant workers after an Indonesian caregiver was recently confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus.
The labor ministry has urged employers not to hire illegal migrant workers. Violators will face fines between NT$150,000 and NT$750,000 (US$5,000 to US$ 25,000), which is in line with the Employment Service Act. On Wednesday, health authorities said an Indonesian migrant, working illegally in Taiwan, contracted COVID-19. The migrant worker cared for an elderly man -- Taiwan’s 27th confirmed case of COVID-19. The migrant worker is Taiwan’s 32nd confirmed case.
A Taiwanese man who recently returned from Thailand has been confirmed to have the Zika virus, which is the first imported infection this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.
