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Virus Outbreak: Taiwan-born researcher the man behind N95 mask

Taipei Times

N95 particulate respirators are pictured in an arranged photograph in Hong Kong on Monday.
Photo: Bloomberg

The inventor of the key technology used in N95 respirator and medical masks is Taiwan-born scientist Peter Tsai (蔡秉燚), the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry Association said on Facebook on Monday.

Taiwan, COVID-19 and the world

Jerome Keating

A day does not go by without some news or media update about the spread of COVID-19. It is impossible to even remember exactly when it was not like this. Such is the nature of the pandemic that is crisscrossing the world.

Cities and countries are on lockdown. People are hoarding. Health services are being overtaxed. Racism has also grown rampant as non-involved Asians around the world are being blamed for what originated from a bureaucratic cover-up in Wuhan, China.

Virus Outbreak: Premier Su urges continued vigilance

Taipei Times

Premier Su Tseng-chang, center, speaks to reporters during a visit to the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday, as Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, looks on.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

The public needs to stay vigilant, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday, as the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said there were eight new cases of COVID-19, all imported, bringing the total in Taiwan to 363.

Virus Outbreak: Taiwan joins global COVID-19 battle

Taipei Times

President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a news conference at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Taiwan, as a responsible member of the international community, is to offer humanitarian assistance to nations hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic by sending them masks and medicine, as well as sharing with them an electronic system that the government has been using to track down people that need to be quarantined, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday.

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