Taiwan shared its policies on women’s digital inclusion with fellow member economies during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy virtual meeting held recently, spotlighting the government’s commitment to developing digital economy and information literacy.
On June 11, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that it has purchased drugs for the combined use in monoclonal antibody therapy that can be used to treat COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate cases who are at risk of developing severe cases so as to reduce their risk of developing severe cases and requiring hospitalization and alleviate the medical care load for severe cases.
Regarding the new imported case, Case #12479 is an over 30-year-old male migrant worker from Thailand. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 in Thailand on February 7. He traveled to Taiwan for work on March 23. He was tested for COVID-19 on April 7 after completing the quarantine period, and he tested negative. He developed a fever and cough on June 8, and underwent a COVID-19 test on June 10.
A virtual meeting was staged June 10 between Taiwan’s Minister without Portfolio John C. C. Deng and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai, underscoring the commitment of both sides to strengthening robust economic relations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) will participate at the Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy and Bologna Children’s Book Fair via the virtual Taiwan Pavilion(線上台灣館).
The Taiwan Dive Center, the largest institution for diving instruction in Taiwan, has a mission: “To bring the ocean into your life.” They want to enable every Taiwanese person to experience this island’s beautiful sea up close, and to make everyone who has gotten to know it into a protector of the ocean.
Regarding the three new imported cases, Case #12214 is a Taiwanese male in his 30s. He returned to Taiwan from India on June 7. Case #12293 is a Taiwanese man in his 30s. He returned to Taiwan from Nigeria on April 14. Case #12294 is a Taiwanese woman in her 40s. She received her first and second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the US on April 9 and April 30, respectively.
Two books spotlighting Taiwan’s indigenous people and cultures were co-published by the Ministry of Education and University of California, Los Angeles, according to the MOE June 7.
In response to the continued severity of COVID-19 contagion, and to cooperate with the prevention measures of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), and the expects of the local governments that the Technology Industrial Parks to complete the expanded prevention measures for international migrant workers’ rapid screening of COVID-19, the Export Processing Zone Administration (EPZA) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) actively cooperates with local governments such as Taichung City,
