SURRENDER PLEDGE: Prosecutors said Hsiang Te-en was not charged with treason or contravening the National Security Act, because evidence had been removedBy Huang Chia-lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Kaohsiung, Sept. 20 (CNA) A migrant worker from Vietnam died on Tuesday when a pile of slag a volatile by-product of metal production he was working with exploded at a steel mill in Kaohsiung, authorities said.
HEALTH
<strong>CECC reports 21,989 cases</strong>
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 21,989 new cases of COVID-19 and 31 deaths from the disease. The deceased ranged in age from their 30s to 90s. All but one had chronic illnesses or other severe diseases, and 18 were unvaccinated, the CECC told a news conference. There were 27 new severe COVID-19 cases and 62 moderate infections, it said. Among the severe cases were three children aged 1, 2 and 5, who were diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, said Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division. None of
Buoyancy aids are not life jackets and should not be used as personal flotation devices, the proprietor of a water sports center said on Thursday after two people the previous day drowned when their raft overturned on Lotus Pond in Kaohsiung’s Zuoying District (左營).
The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office said that instructor Tsai Mao-yao (蔡茂耀) and a boy surnamed Wang (王), who Tsai was training, died in the incident.
A preliminary investigation showed that Tsai was not wearing a life jacket, while Wang was wearing a buoyancy vest, the office told local media.
Lotus Pond Water Sports Center chief executive officer Chu Wen-hsiang