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.
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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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Virus Outbreak: Ban on Chinese minors to remain
Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:45
Taipei Times
The departure area of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport stands almost deserted yesterday. Less than 60,000 people entered and left the country through the airport on Tuesday — a 10-year low.
Photo: Tony Yao, Taipei Times
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that Chinese minor children of Taiwanese and Chinese couples would continue to be banned from entering Taiwan.
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US states urged to resist pressure on Taiwan
Monday, 10 February 2020 06:25
Taipei Times
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien walk outside the White House in Washington on Thursday.
Photo: Bloomberg
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday urged US governors to resist Chinese pressure to shun Taiwan, as he warned that Beijing was increasingly taking its diplomatic battle to the local level.
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Virus Outbreak: MAC to suspend the ‘big three links’
Sunday, 09 February 2020 06:15
Taipei Times
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday as Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Tsung-yen looks on.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday announced that the “big three links” are to be suspended, effective tomorrow, due to the threat of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 February 2020 06:20 )
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Virus Outbreak: US, China clash over Taiwan at WHO
Friday, 07 February 2020 06:20
Taipei Times
 US Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Andrew Bremberg, center, speaks at a news conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
Photo: EPA-EFE
The US yesterday urged the WHO to “engage directly with Taiwan public health authorities” in the fight against the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 February 2020 06:20 )
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Chinese banned from entering Taiwan
Thursday, 06 February 2020 06:15
Taipei Times
Seated from left, Centers for Disease Control Director-General Chou Jih-haw, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, Minister of the Interior Hsu Kuo-yung and Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chen Ming-tong report on the 2019 novel coronavirus situation at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
From today, all Chinese nationals are banned from entering Taiwan, while people who have traveled to China, Hong Kong or Macau in the previous 14 days are to be put under mandatory home quarantine for 14 days after returning to Taiwan, the Central Epidemic Command Center announced yesterday.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 February 2020 06:21 )
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