Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Taiwan on Monday reported 66,283 new COVID-19 cases and 40 deaths, as the number of reported new infections dipped to its lowest in six days, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taipei, May 14 (CNA) Older people and certain immunocompromised individuals aged 18 and over will be authorized to receive a second booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taipei, Jan. 31 (CNA) Taipei will be reopening the city's online vaccine appointment website in early February to finish off its stock of 80,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) COVID-19 vaccine, and ban eating in movie theaters in response to the recent spike in infection cases.
This year’s Taipei Lantern Festival is to light up Shilin District (士林) and highlight the area’s attractions, such as Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), a top city official said yesterday.
The 10-day festival, held between Feb. 11 and 20, would be held in areas along three MRT stations in the district, including MRT Jiantan Station, which serves Shilin Night Market, to showcase a fusion of traditional lantern and night market culture, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) told a news conference.
Visitors can also take the MRT railway serving metropolitan Taipei to Shilin or Zhishan stations to visit the festival, which is to