Taipei, May 13 (CNA) The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) on Thursday detailed its plans for allocating medical resources if the COVID-19 situation worsens in Taiwan, saying that it has the capacity to treat more than 10,000 patients in isolation.
Lawmakers grill officials over cluster
DODGING DUTY? The CECC and the transport ministry had known since February that the hotel had airline crew and tourists in the same building, a legislator said
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday accused government officials of passing the buck regarding the COVID-19 cluster infection at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel, as none of them could give definitive answers to some key questions about the case.
The committee was briefed by officials from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Taoyuan City Government about their proposals to better manage flight and cabin crew members and other frontline workers to prevent weak spots in the disease prevention network.
Cabinet unveils NT$9.1bn budget to boost birthrate
By Lee Hsin-fang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, staff writer, with CNA
The Executive Yuan yesterday unveiled a NT$9.1 billion (US$325.1 million) package of subsidies for parental leave, prenatal screenings and in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in a bid to boost the nation’s birthrate.
The parts of the proposal that do not require legislative consent are to be implemented from July 1, Executive Yuan spokesman and Minister Without Portfolio Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) told a news conference in Taipei after a regular Cabinet meeting.
Amendments to the Employment Insurance Act (就業保險法) and other regulations would increase the allowance for parental leave from 60 percent of insured salary to 80 percent, he said.
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