Sixty-two percent of Taiwanese disapprove of the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) progress in obtaining COVID-19 vaccines, while 65.6 percent said that they would not take domestic vaccines that lack WHO certification, a poll released yesterday by Trend Survey and Research and commissioned by the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) found.
Trend Survey general manager Wu Shih-chang (吳世昌) announced the results of the survey with TPP officials at a virtual news conference, adding that 41.3 percent of respondents said that they highly disapproved of the center’s efforts to secure vaccines.
About 68.6 percent of the respondents agreed that the country should rely on
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus yesterday called on the Control Yuan to launch an investigation after the Ministry of Health and Welfare said there were no minutes from the meeting during which it decided to relax quarantine rules for airline flight crew members.
The caucus had since May 7 repeatedly asked to see the minutes from the April 13 meeting, during which health officials decided to reduce quarantine period for pilots and flight crew from five to three days, with another 11 days of self-health management, TPP caucus deputy convener Ann Kao (高虹安) said.
The decision created a gap in Taiwan’s
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus yesterday accused health officials of lacking a proper vaccine rollout plan, saying that Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) should issue a formal apology.
The TPP called for upgrading a special legislative task force, set up to review government data on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines, to the status of a committee, and demanded transparency from the government on its plans for implementing phase 3 clinical trials for locally produced vaccines.
“The public is only concerned about vaccines, but Chen just keeps making contradictory and inaccurate announcements about them,” TPP caucus convener Chiu Chen-yuan
Executive Yuan raises relief fund to NT$630 billion
By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a draft bill to expand a COVID-19 stimulus package, increasing its spending limit from NT$420 billion to NT$630 billion (US$15 billion to US$22.5 billion) and extending it to June 30 next year.
The bill is pending legislative review, and if it is not passed before the end of this month, lawmakers would have to convene a special session to pass the stimulus expansion.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) approved the bill at a Cabinet meeting, Executive Yuan spokesman Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) told a news conference.
2021/05/11 16:24 (Pixabay photo) (Pixabay photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) After a preliminary reading, the Legislative Yuan on Monday (May 10) approved a proposed amendment to an act that aims to lower requirements for foreign white-collar professionals to work in Taiwan. Devised by the National Development Council (NDC), the draft amendment of the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals (外國專業人才延攬及僱用法) seeks to attract more foreign talent to the country to ease labor shortages in the key areas of science, economics, culture, and education. It will allow foreign professionals to enjoy extended tax deductions and health insurance coverage and make it easier for them to become permanent Taiwan residents.