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Taiwan Was A Covid Success Story In 2021. Now, It Has 80,000 A Day
Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life with the virus.
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Mouse With Covid Bit Scientist At Lab. What Happened Next
A mouse bite is at the center of an investigation into a possible new Covid-19 outbreak in Taiwan, after a worker at a high-security laboratory was confirmed as the island's first local case in more than a month.
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TSMC And Sony Considering Joint Chip Factory, Japan Government To Help: Report
Taiwan's TSMC and Japan's Sony Group Corp are considering jointly building a chip factory in Japan, with the government ready to pay for some of the investment of about 800 billion yen ($7.15 billion).
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Taiwan Okays Locally Made Covid Vaccine For Emergency Use
Taiwan's government on Monday said it had granted emergency-use approval to a coronavirus vaccine made locally by Medigen, with experts saying early data suggested it was similarly effective to AstraZeneca's jabs.
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Japan Donates More Than 1 Million AstraZeneca Vaccines To Taiwan
Tokyo is donating more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan, Japan's foreign minister announced Friday, as Taipei struggles to secure jabs, accusing China of interference.
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Taiwan May Raise COVID-19 Alert, Shut Non-Essential Shops
Taiwan may raise its COVID-19 alert level in "coming days", Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, according to the official Central News Agency, which would lead to closure of shops dealing in non-essential items as infections rise.
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France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan And Belgium Send Medical Supplies To India
France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan and Belgium on Sunday delivered to India medical supplies, including oxygen plants and medicines, as a deadly second wave of coronavirus infections continued to ravage various parts of the country.
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Airline Sacks Pilot Blamed For Taiwan's 1st Covid Transmission Case Since April
A pilot blamed for infecting two colleagues and causing Taiwan's first local coronavirus transmission since April was fired on Wednesday, his airline said.
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Pilot Blamed For First Coronavirus Transmission Case In Taiwan Since April
Taiwan reported its first local coronavirus transmission Tuesday, blaming a foreign pilot for ending 253 days of being virus-free.
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With No Local Case In A Record 200 Days, This Country Is World's Envy
France and Germany are going back into lockdown, while coronavirus cases in the U.S. surging to new highs, but at the other end of the world Taiwan has achieved a different kind of record -- more than 200 days without a locally transmitted case.
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TSMC Hikes Forecast as COVID-19 Pandemic Transforms Digital Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) hiked its revenue outlook again this year after logging record quarterly profit, noting the coronavirus pandemic was driving demand for advanced chips.
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Taiwan To Change Passport, Fed Up With Confusion With China
Fed up with being confused for China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing's stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty, Taiwan said on Wednesday it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the island's name.
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Taiwan Airlines Offer Sight-Seeing Flights During Pandemic
Faced with the coronavirus collapse in travellers, Taiwanese airlines have begun offering sight-seeing "flights to nowhere" on their passenger jets -- including flight attendant lessons for children.
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Taiwan Provisionally Approves Dexamethasone As Coronavirus Treatment
Taiwan provisionally approved the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, to treat the new coronavirus, as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug remdesivir after the United States bought nearly all global supplies.
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Eyes Further India Investment
Taiwan's Foxconn is planning further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world's largest contract manufacturer views the outlook there very favourably, its chairman said on Tuesday.
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Taiwan Was A Covid Success Story In 2021. Now, It Has 80,000 A Day
Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life with the virus.
-
Mouse With Covid Bit Scientist At Lab. What Happened Next
A mouse bite is at the center of an investigation into a possible new Covid-19 outbreak in Taiwan, after a worker at a high-security laboratory was confirmed as the island's first local case in more than a month.
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TSMC And Sony Considering Joint Chip Factory, Japan Government To Help: Report
Taiwan's TSMC and Japan's Sony Group Corp are considering jointly building a chip factory in Japan, with the government ready to pay for some of the investment of about 800 billion yen ($7.15 billion).
-
Taiwan Okays Locally Made Covid Vaccine For Emergency Use
Taiwan's government on Monday said it had granted emergency-use approval to a coronavirus vaccine made locally by Medigen, with experts saying early data suggested it was similarly effective to AstraZeneca's jabs.
-
Japan Donates More Than 1 Million AstraZeneca Vaccines To Taiwan
Tokyo is donating more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan, Japan's foreign minister announced Friday, as Taipei struggles to secure jabs, accusing China of interference.
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Taiwan May Raise COVID-19 Alert, Shut Non-Essential Shops
Taiwan may raise its COVID-19 alert level in "coming days", Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, according to the official Central News Agency, which would lead to closure of shops dealing in non-essential items as infections rise.
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France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan And Belgium Send Medical Supplies To India
France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan and Belgium on Sunday delivered to India medical supplies, including oxygen plants and medicines, as a deadly second wave of coronavirus infections continued to ravage various parts of the country.
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Airline Sacks Pilot Blamed For Taiwan's 1st Covid Transmission Case Since April
A pilot blamed for infecting two colleagues and causing Taiwan's first local coronavirus transmission since April was fired on Wednesday, his airline said.
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Pilot Blamed For First Coronavirus Transmission Case In Taiwan Since April
Taiwan reported its first local coronavirus transmission Tuesday, blaming a foreign pilot for ending 253 days of being virus-free.
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With No Local Case In A Record 200 Days, This Country Is World's Envy
France and Germany are going back into lockdown, while coronavirus cases in the U.S. surging to new highs, but at the other end of the world Taiwan has achieved a different kind of record -- more than 200 days without a locally transmitted case.
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TSMC Hikes Forecast as COVID-19 Pandemic Transforms Digital Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) hiked its revenue outlook again this year after logging record quarterly profit, noting the coronavirus pandemic was driving demand for advanced chips.
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Taiwan To Change Passport, Fed Up With Confusion With China
Fed up with being confused for China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing's stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty, Taiwan said on Wednesday it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the island's name.
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Taiwan Airlines Offer Sight-Seeing Flights During Pandemic
Faced with the coronavirus collapse in travellers, Taiwanese airlines have begun offering sight-seeing "flights to nowhere" on their passenger jets -- including flight attendant lessons for children.
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Taiwan Provisionally Approves Dexamethasone As Coronavirus Treatment
Taiwan provisionally approved the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, to treat the new coronavirus, as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug remdesivir after the United States bought nearly all global supplies.
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Eyes Further India Investment
Taiwan's Foxconn is planning further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world's largest contract manufacturer views the outlook there very favourably, its chairman said on Tuesday.
