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Virus Outbreak: CECC reports first coronavirus death

Monday, 17 February 2020 06:42 Taipei Times

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung is flanked by Centers for Disease Control Director-General Chou Jih-haw, left, and National Taiwan University vice president Chang Shan-chwen as he briefs reporters at a news conference at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Taiwan, one of whom died on Saturday.

Virus Outbreak: Taiwan to evacuate cruise passengers

Sunday, 16 February 2020 05:36 Taipei Times

The Diamond Princess cruise ship is docked at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday.
Photo: EPA-EFE

The government is negotiating with Japanese officials to arrange the evacuation of Taiwanese passengers quarantined on a cruise ship off the coast of Yokohama, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday.

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People watch a traditional lion dance during the opening ceremony of the President A-bian Hotel, named in honor of former president Chen Shui-bian, in Greater Kaohsiung’s Sanmin District on July 29.
Photo: Huang Chih-yuan, Taipei Times

As households nationwide gathered yesterday to celebrate Father’s Day, five-year-old Chen Chieh-hsin (陳潔歆), the granddaughter of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), expressed her hope for a family reunion in a hand-written card.

“Dear Grandpa, this is my first time to write you a card. Are you happy? People often told me how much I resemble you, but when can you finally come home for a family reunion?” Chen Chieh-hsin wrote in a card delivered to her grandfather during a visit to Taipei Prison on the eve of Father’s Day.