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World leaders call for Taiwan at WHA


The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs expresses its support for Taiwan’s participation in the upcoming World Health Assembly meeting in a post on Twitter yesterday.
Photo: Screen grab from Twitter

Lawmakers and world leaders on Tuesday joined a campaign using the hashtag #LetTaiwanHelp, calling for the nation’s participation in next month’s World Health Assembly (WHA).

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COVID-19: Two more pilots test positive


Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, right, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), gestures as CECC specialist advisory panel convener Chang Shan-chwen looks on at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Two more China Airlines (CAL, 華航) cargo pilots have been diagnosed with COVID-19, adding up to seven pilots diagnosed with the virus over the past week, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported yesterday.

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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming, third left in front row, and other DPP lawmakers hold a press conference in the legislature yesterday in which they called on President Ma Ying-jeou to let former president Chen Shui-bian out of prison for psychiatric treatment.
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

Saying that jailed former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) has severe depression, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH) yesterday recommended that Chen be transferred to a hospital with a specialized psychiatric department for further treatment.

Chou Yuan-hua (周元華), a psychiatrist at the hospital, told a press conference held jointly with Taipei Prison to explain Chen’s medical situation that Chen has severe depression and anxiety, and that many depression sufferers can also have physical symptoms such as headaches and chest tightness.