Taiwan Covid

Amid an increase in travel following the easing of Covid pandemic restrictions, countries are doing all they can to encourage visitors to come and boost their economies. The latest is Taiwan which is planning to pay tourists to vacation there.

Taiwan has again offered to provide China with assistance to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases but Chinese authorities have not yet responded, official Taiwan media reported late on Thursday.

Taiwan authorities may taking action against people if they continue to buy Panadol in huge quantities.

Tens of thousands braved downpours in Taiwan on Saturday to celebrate as the island staged its first LGBTQ Pride rally since fully reopening its border.

President Xi Jinping today kicked off China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress with a wide-ranging speech defending Beijing's zero-Covid approach and reasserting its ambition to absorb Taiwan. Xi is also expected to win a historic third term.

Bearish bets on Asian currencies reduced on signs that China's economic pain may abate with easing of COVID-19 curbs

Taiwan's Foxconn said that the second half of the year is heading "in a better direction" as China’s COVID-19 lockdown appears to be easing. The world's largest contract electronics maker has shown confidence in the stability of their supply chain as the year moves towards the second half.

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.

Taiwan recorded more than 10,000 new infections for the first time on Thursday following the government's decision to move away from its zero-Covid strategy and begin living with the coronavirus.

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.

President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the shot whose approval critics say has been rushed.

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.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday urged China to show more transparency on the origins of Covid-19 and ease pressure on Taiwan in a rare call with a top Chinese official.

The United States and Japan COVID-19 vaccine support to Taiwan is intended as a countermeasure to China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan News reported, citing a political scientist.

The United States will donate 750,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country's plan to share shots globally, US Senator Tammy Duckworth said on Sunday, offering a much-needed boost to the island's fight against the pandemic.

Amid an increase in travel following the easing of Covid pandemic restrictions, countries are doing all they can to encourage visitors to come and boost their economies. The latest is Taiwan which is planning to pay tourists to vacation there.

Taiwan has again offered to provide China with assistance to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases but Chinese authorities have not yet responded, official Taiwan media reported late on Thursday.

Taiwan authorities may taking action against people if they continue to buy Panadol in huge quantities.

Tens of thousands braved downpours in Taiwan on Saturday to celebrate as the island staged its first LGBTQ Pride rally since fully reopening its border.

President Xi Jinping today kicked off China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress with a wide-ranging speech defending Beijing's zero-Covid approach and reasserting its ambition to absorb Taiwan. Xi is also expected to win a historic third term.

Bearish bets on Asian currencies reduced on signs that China's economic pain may abate with easing of COVID-19 curbs

Taiwan's Foxconn said that the second half of the year is heading "in a better direction" as China’s COVID-19 lockdown appears to be easing. The world's largest contract electronics maker has shown confidence in the stability of their supply chain as the year moves towards the second half.

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.

Taiwan recorded more than 10,000 new infections for the first time on Thursday following the government's decision to move away from its zero-Covid strategy and begin living with the coronavirus.

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.

President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the shot whose approval critics say has been rushed.

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.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday urged China to show more transparency on the origins of Covid-19 and ease pressure on Taiwan in a rare call with a top Chinese official.

The United States and Japan COVID-19 vaccine support to Taiwan is intended as a countermeasure to China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan News reported, citing a political scientist.

The United States will donate 750,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country's plan to share shots globally, US Senator Tammy Duckworth said on Sunday, offering a much-needed boost to the island's fight against the pandemic.