Representatives of the environmental groups Air Clean Taiwan and Changhua Medical Alliance hold a news conference in Taipei yesterday urging the government to codify its “zero carbon by 2050” pledge into law, and to prioritize replacing Russian oil and gas imports.
Hospitals should offer an express emergency service for children as most of them are unvaccinated against COVID-19, New Power Party Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said yesterday.
Chen was speaking at a news conference in Taipei as the government began its vaccination campaign for children aged six to 11.
A surge in COVID-19 cases has strained hospital capacity in Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung, which have higher COVID-19 positivity rates than the national average of 9.63 percent. The situation has been worsened by people flocking to hospital emergency rooms for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
This has taken a toll on the quality
Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) Opposition parties are urging that food items from Japan be tested for strontium-90 once the government's controversial decision to lift a ban on food items from areas in Japan affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 takes effect.