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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:26 PM PDT
Conservative Home
Date: April 5, 2020 By: Daniel Hamilton The global public health crisis sparked by coronavirus is unprecedented in its scale and voracity. If there are any lessons that must be learned, even in this early stage of fighting the pandemic, it is the critical importance of countries, large and small, working together to share data, trends and best practice in R&D and clinical excellence. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has long been the subject of many criticisms as to its day-to-day management and efficacy and yet, when it comes to playing global role in fighting coronavirus, it remains the only game in town. For this reason, the repeated exclusion of Taiwan from the WHO’s deliberations as a result of pressure from the People’s Republic of China has ceased to be just another chapter in a fratricidal war between two groups with a differing view of Chinese statehood and has now become a risk to international public health. Since its first detection in the country in January, quick actions on the part of Taiwanese authorities have resulted in only three recorded deaths – a fact that healthcare experts put down to its robust cross-referencing of overseas travel and health records and robust quarantining of carriers. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:21 PM PDT
East Bay Times
Date: April 5, 2020 By: BAY CITY NEWS Bay City News SAN FRANCISCO — A Taiwanese crewmember injured in a fall aboard a container ship about six miles from the Bay Area was airlifted Friday night to a hospital, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The 32-year-old man had fallen and hit his head on the radar mast aboard the Yang Ming Unanimity, a 1092-foot container ship that was sailing to Japan, according to the Coast Guard. A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter lowered a rescue basket and rescue swimmer, and then hoisted the injured man aboard and took him to Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto. The man is listed in stable condition, the Coast Guard said Saturday. [SOURCE]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:16 PM PDT
Officers at local Keelung police station touched by young girl's words of gratitude
Taiwan News Date: 2020/04/05 By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 
(Keelung City Police Bureau photo)
Holding her father’s hand, the girl sheepishly walked into the Nuannuan Police Station, where they expressed their intention to donate the masks to police. “Thanks for the hard work. Look out for your safety, and be careful,” the girl said. Her words touched every police officer at the station, according to CNA. As police are among those at higher risk of being exposed to the Wuhan coronavirus, face masks have become indispensable in their day-to-day operations. Nuannuan Police Station chief Hsu Yong-huang (徐永煌) told CNA that Hu stood in line in front of the drugstore every week to purchase masks for his family members. Hsu thanked the man and his daughter for their generous donation. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:12 PM PDT
Focus Taiwan
Date: 04/05/2020 By: Wu Jui-chi and Evelyn Kao 
The Departure Hall at Taoyuan International Airport.
As COVID-19 continues to spread, 389 passengers departed from and 572 arrived at the country's main gateway on Saturday, the first time the daily number of passengers handled by the airport has fallen below 1,000, the NIA said. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:08 PM PDT
TWO CASES: A man in New Taipei City complained that officers who raided his home had a search warrant only to look for firearms, not for drugs, which they also found
Taipei Times Date: Apr 06, 2020 By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter 
Cannabis plants found during a police raid in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District are pictured yesterday.
Photo provided by Taoyuan City Police Department via CNA A man surnamed Chan (詹), 22, was found with about 100 cannabis plants and 200 cannabis seeds at a rented house in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢), Taoyuan City Police Department chief Chen Kuo-chin (陳國進) said yesterday. A raid was conducted on Saturday, during which officers also found 400g of mixed synthetic drugs, Chen said, adding that a preliminary estimate valued the drugs at NT$1 million (US$32,995).Chan was tracked and put under surveillance after police received a tip that someone was selling cannabis online, while police records showed that he was wanted on separate charges for fraud and assault. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 04:01 PM PDT
Date: 5 Apr, 2020 By: Lawrence Chung  Taiwan has intensified its efforts to raise its global profile by offering to donate urgently needed face masks and medical aids to other countries – a move that has angered Beijing. Observers said Taiwan’s efforts to control the Covid-19 outbreak had highlighted the strengths of its medical system and increased its visibility on the world stage. It has also been praised by world leaders, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen saying the EU is thankful for Taiwan’s efforts and gestures of solidarity, while the US state department described Taiwan as a true friend. But Beijing’s response was less complimentary. Foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said Taiwan prohibited the export of masks when the outbreak was at its height on the Chinese mainland, and said the island should not play any “political tricks” to gain accession to the World Health Organisation. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 03:55 PM PDT
ERR
Date: April 05, 2020 MEP Urmas Paet said that Estonia should lobby for Taiwan's admittance to the World Health 
MEP Urmas Paet (Reform/ALDE) Source: Kairit Leibold/ERR
"Had the World Health Organization (WHO) heeded Taiwan's warnings and shared them with the rest of the world, Europe would have caught onto the new virus earlier," Paet wrote on social media. "Instead, the WHO wanted to please China and ignored Taiwan's warnings. However, the global health crisis is not a place for political games and the WHO should finally understand this," he added. "As a member of the WHO, Estonia should raise the issue that the WHO must not allow itself to be manipulated by China, and considering the protection of public health, Taiwan should also be admitted to the WHO," Paet said. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 03:46 PM PDT
Researchers say patients with digestive symptoms after possible contact with COVID-19 should be suspected of infection even without respiratory symptoms
Taiwan News Date: 2020/04/05 By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 
(Public domain photo)
Although most COVID-19 patients first exhibit a cough, shortness of breath, or sore throat, digestive symptoms also occur in patients with mild disease severity. The study found that those who exhibit digestive symptoms early on may be more likely to develop respiratory symptoms fever later — or not at all. The findings are important because this subgroup may go undetected, unwittingly spreading the illness to others, according to the researchers. Conducted by Chinese researchers, the study analyzed data from 206 COVID-19 patients at a hospital in China's Hubei province. Of the 206 patients, 48 (23 percent) exhibited digestive symptoms only, 89 (43 percent) had only respiratory symptoms, and 69 (33 percent) presented with both digestive and respiratory symptoms. Among the two groups with digestive symptoms (117 patients), diarrhea was seen in 67 of them, of whom 19.4 percent experienced it as their first symptom, according to the study. Diarrhea lasted from one to 14 days, with an average duration of five days and a frequency of four bowel movements per day. [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 03:38 PM PDT
Focus Taiwan
Date: 04/05/2020 By: Chang Hsiung-feng and Joseph Yeh 
Photo courtesy of the Chiayi City Government
The EPA said as most vacationers returned home from tourist hot spots early Sunday with the holiday drawing to an end, it has asked local disinfection teams to disinfect a number of attractions widely visited during the 4-day break. The locations disinfected on Sunday morning included the main street of Kenting and other areas in southeastern Pingtung County's Hengchun Peninsula, which is famous for beaches and water sports. Other sites included Beigang Chaotian Temple in southern Yunlin County; Alishan National Scenery Area in southern Chiayi County; Dongdamen Tourist Night Market in eastern Hualien County; Wusanto Reservoir in southern Tainan City, as well as Xingda Fishing Port in the southern city of Kaohsiung, among others, according to the EPA [FULL STORY]  |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2020 02:27 PM PDT
SOUTHBOUND EFFECT? The government’s policy of promoting closer ties with Southeast Asia has resulted in a change to patterns of marriage, a researcher said
Taipei Times Datge: Apr 06, 2020 By: Chung Li-hua and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer A sharp decrease in the number of Taiwanese marrying Chinese is likely due to businesses relocating away from China, a researcher said on Saturday. In 2003 there were 34,109 cross-strait marriages registered in Taiwan, but only 6,262 last year, said Academia Sinica Institute of Sociology research fellow Lin Thung-hong (林宗弘), citing information from the Ministry of the Interior. In 2003 the number of cross-strait marriages was so high that the government began conducting interviews with registrants to filter out fake marriages, Lin said. “In the early years there were many fake marriages involving Chinese coming to Taiwan for work, but circumstances on both sides have changed,” a Mainland Affairs Council official said on condition of anonymity. [FULL STORY]  |
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