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Tsai’s approval high despite KMT’s US pork campaign
CONTINUITY? A poll showed that 21 percent would support a presidential bid by Vice President William Lai, ahead of New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi at 19 percent
By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer
The approval rating of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration remains high, despite the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) campaign against the lifting of a ban on US pork imports, a My-Formosa.com poll showed on Tuesday.
My-Formosa.com is a pan-green-leaning media company unaffiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
The approval rate of the Tsai administration was 59.8 last month, 2 percentage points higher than in January, the poll showed.
AIT director to join tip-off of ‘sports diplomacy’ events
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen is to participate in the ceremonial tip-off at a basketball game in Hsinchu today, as the institute begins a celebration of “sports diplomacy.”
The game between the Hsinchu Lioneers and the Taoyuan Pilots is to take place at the Hsinchu County Stadium, the institute said in a news release yesterday.
The game is being staged by P.League+, the nation’s professional basketball league.
Christensen’s participation is part of a broader series of activities celebrating sports diplomacy, and the ways that it has enhanced ties between people in Taiwan and the US, the institute said.
Taoyuan General Hospital / CNA file photo
Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Taoyuan General Hospital is expected to resume normal operations on Feb. 19, following the successful containment of a recent cluster of COVID-19 infections originating at the facility, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Monday.
Speaking at a press briefing, Chen said the cluster of cases, which began with the infection of a doctor who treated COVID-19 patients at the hospital on Jan. 12, and was eventually linked to 21 cases and one death, had been brought to a close.
In response to the cluster, the Ministry of Health and Welfare initiated a plan on Jan. 22 to evacuate patients from high-risk areas of the hospital and reduce outpatient services.
2021/02/08 14:16 All staff members at Taoyuan General Hospital tested negative for coronavirus. All staff members at Taoyuan General Hospital tested negative for coronavirus. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taoyuan City Mayor Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦) on Monday (Feb. 8) declared that a recent coronavirus cluster infection that began at Taoyuan General Hospital is over. Following the Central Epidemic Command Center s (CECC) announcement Sunday (Feb. 7) that all staff members at Taoyuan General Hospital had tested negative for coronavirus, Cheng said the city s month-long effort to limit the expansion of the cluster infection has paid off. He said the city is no longer considered an epidemic area.