National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) on Friday opened its on-campus natural history museum after three years of collecting artifacts, which include fossils from several hundred million years ago.
The NCHU Department of Life Sciences said it gathered animal and plant artifacts from the school’s other departments and teachers, some of which had been in teachers’ collections for more than 60 years, to establish the museum.
The collection includes items of scientific importance akin to those found in national museums, it said.
They include Taiwan’s second-largest giant squid specimen, other ancient fossils and the tusks of Asian elephant Malan, which died of old
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) is planning to launch an expanded COVID-19 vaccination program next month to reach a full vaccination coverage rate of more than 60 percent by the end of the year, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday.
Chen, who heads the CECC, made the announcement during a question-and-answer session at the legislature in Taipei alongside Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌).
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) asked whether the government’s strategy is to achieve “COVID-19 zero” or “to coexist with COVID-19,” as the strategy would affect regulations.
“At present, Taiwan is actually very safe,
MORE JABS: The first goal is a first-dose vaccination coverage rate of more than 70% and a full vaccination coverage rate of more than 30% by the end of OctoberBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
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