On March 3, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported that Australia had met the criteria for CECC’s list of low-risk countries for five weeks and the country loosened epidemic prevention and control measures on February 27. Thus, the CECC has moved Australia to its list of low-risk countries/regions.
Premier Su Tseng-chang traveled to Pingtung County on Sunday to attend a press conference highlighting government support for Taiwan’s pineapple growers. Taiwan’s sweet-tasting pineapples are of the highest quality in the world, he said, and despite China’s ban on pineapple imports from Taiwan, the nation can take this opportunity to expand exports to other countries and develop new sales channels.
Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) said Wednesday it had reached an agreement to export 6,000 kilograms of pineapples to Australia in May.
A total of 117,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Taiwan and will first be administered to health care workers who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.
President Tsai Ing-wen promised March 2 to leave no stone unturned in strengthening Taiwan’s economic competitiveness, underscoring government commitment to cementing the country’s position in global supply chains.
Mr. David Hazlehurst, Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and Chen Junne-jih, Deputy Minister of Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA), convened a bilateral video conference on March 3, during which they signed, in Canberra and Taipei respectively, the “Taiwan-Australia Agricultural Working Group - Terms of Reference.”
