EdiGreen’s AirBox, a device that uses microsensors to check air pollution levels, generating big data that is published online, has emerged from the Taiwanese public’s pursuit of better air quality. This world-leading technology is providing Taiwan with rich data for analysis, attracting fact-finding missions, and spurring cooperation with other nations.
After a briefing by the National Development Council on economic development plans for the post-coronavirus era, Premier Su Tseng-chang on Thursday said that Taiwan’s democratic response to the pandemic has emerged as a model for other countries, and that international investment confidence in Taiwan has risen even further.
The Vietnamese government will dispatch a charter flight Friday to pick up Vietnamese nationals stranded in Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed Thursday. "According to the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, the repatriation flight will take place on May 29, with priority given to pregnant women, the elderly, seriously ill patients and young children," MOFA spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) said during a regular press briefing.
The border control measures implemented in Taiwan to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus will remain in place, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday, while announcing an easing of social distancing guidelines soon. The announcement came as the country marked its 45th day of no new domestically transmitted coronavirus cases.
