SETTING IT STRAIGHT: Medigen said it revealed the terms of its NT$4.03 billion contract with the CDC to dispel rumors over what the government paidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) will transit through California and hold talks with U.S officials while en route to and from a Jan. 27-29 trip to Honduras, Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) said in a statement Thursday.
Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) both received their COVID-19 vaccine booster Saturday morning, as the government races to increase the nation's vaccination and booster rates amid a domestic outbreak caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant.
Bangkok, Oct. 31 (CNA) Thailand has added Taiwan and another 16 countries to its list of places whose residents can enter the Southeast Asian nation without undergoing quarantine, in a bid to revive its important tourism sector.
Washington, Oct. 25 (CNA) The United States will soon require all non-U.S. nationals to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before boarding a flight to the U.S., but those who got the Taiwan-developed Medigen vaccine could be left behind because it is not among the list of accepted vaccines.