As a remedy to rescue tourism-related industries which have suffered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the government launched on March 26 additional subsidies totaling NT$7 billion (about US$231 million) in subsidies for 140,000 people in the businesses of tourism, hotel, hostel, homestay, travel, amusement and so on.
...read moreOn March 18, Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that, beginning from 12 AM on March 19, foreign nationals will not be allowed to visit Taiwan.
...read moreU.S. Stocks in Bear Market, Taiwan Shares Tumble
...read moreThe results of the Kuomintang (KMT) by-election came out March 7, and Legislator Johnny Chiang, who won nearly 70 percent of the votes, was elected chairman.
...read moreThe first nosocomial cluster infection emerged since the novel coronavirus appeared in Taiwan.
...read moreTaipei Mayor Ko Wen-je claimed that not disclosing the contact history of confirmed novel coronavirus patients might trigger widespread panic.
...read moreThe coronavirus continues to spread on the Chinese mainland. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) previously announced suspending entry of mainland Chinese people into Taiwan.
...read moreGood news has arrived! The Central Epidemic Command Center boarded the Aquarius Starship yesterday afternoon for quarantine inspection where it employed 360 inspectors and screened more than 2,400 people.
...read moreFear spreads and a global xenophobia grows as the outbreak of coronavirus continuing in China’s Wuhan.
...read moreFormer President Ma Ying-jeou recently proposed four prerequisites to give new meanings to the “1992 Consensus”.
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