On July 16, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced one new confirmed imported case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Case #452 is an over 30-year-old female. The case traveled to the Philippines for work in the second half of January and returned to Taiwan by herself on July 14.
The Taiwan Can Help spirit is on full display during the coronavirus pandemic. A cargo plane is loaded with personal protective equipment at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in April as part of a humanitarian assistance program sending 10 million medical masks to front-line medical personnel combating coronavirus in Taiwan’s diplomatic allies, as well as like-minded partners in Europe and the U.S.
The New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office (NZCIO), the country's de facto embassy in Taiwan, on Thursday celebrated Matariki Māori New Year in Taipei, showcasing the connections between the two countries' indigenous people.
The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) has officially ended its 2019-2020 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement issued by the league.
Former Grand Justice Lo Chang-fa (羅昌發) has been appointed as Taiwan's representative to the World Trade Organization, to fill a post that has been vacant since last September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday.
The New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office (NZCIO), the country's de facto embassy in Taiwan, on Thursday celebrated Matariki Māori New Year in Taipei, showcasing the connections between the two countries' indigenous people.
Academia Sinica, the top research institution in Taiwan, on Wednesday cut its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2020, citing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Myanmar has been added to a list of countries and territories classified as having a low or low-to-moderate risk of COVID-19 infection, which means that some international students from those nations who were enrolled in Taiwan universities will be allowed to return, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Wednesday.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that no additional cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were confirmed in Taiwan on July 15. The CECC reported that a cumulative total of 78,897 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 77,948. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 451 cases.
