On June 8, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 219 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. All 219 cases are indigenous. The CECC also announced 22 deaths today.

Taiwan has officially put its new supercomputer, the Taiwania 3, into service for use in academic and research projects related to COVID-19, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said Tuesday.

In elementary school he made his first kezaixian (coconut-­shell fiddle), and in junior high school he sang in “Qianwang Ge” shows, funereal song and dance performances intended to comfort the deceased’s soul and guide it to the land of eternal bliss. Now in his thirties, Lin Zongfan has handcrafted more than 200 traditional musical instruments, and has even recruited a troupe of youngsters to perform Qianwang Ge.

On June 7, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 214 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Of the 214 new cases, 211 are indigenous and the other three are imported. The CECC also announced 26 deaths today.

On June 7, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that the nationwide Level 3 epidemic alert will be extended to June 28 in response to the continued severity of local infections. Disease prevention and control implemented under the Level 3 epidemic alert are listed below.

Taiwanese artist Page Tsao’s (鄒駿昇) illustration series “Invisible Bookstore(看不見的書店)” was selected as winner at 2021 American Illustration and 3x3 International Illustration show, respectively.

On the morning of June 6, President Tsai Ing-wen met US Senators Tammy Duckworth, Dan Sullivan, and Chris Coons. The president thanked the members of the delegation, who had just completed a busy itinerary in Korea, for coming to Taiwan and for their concrete actions expressing bipartisan congressional support for Taiwan.