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William Yang

20 May, 10 tweets, 4 min read

After reporting more than 200 cases four days in a row, new #COVID19 cases continue to emerge in #Taiwan and there are signs that the virus has spread beyond the initial hotspots. One nurse at Hualien's veteran hospital becomes the latest confirmed case ...udn.com/news/story/120…

... after taking care of her uncle at Far Eastern Hospital in New Taipei City. Far Eastern Hospital reported an internal cluster case just two days ago.

Additionally, an ER doctor at Cathay hospital in New Taipei City's Xizhi was also tested positive after he allegedly came into contact with a confirmed case and was then infected.

Additionally, one student at National #Taiwan University has also been identified as one of the latest #COVID19 case. The student didn't live at the school's dorms and hasn't been to the campus since May 13. The student has been quarantined.

cna.com.tw/news/ahel/2021…

NTU has now turned all classes online and on-campus activities have also been postponed or moved online.

So far, at least 55 students across #Taiwan have been tested positive for #COVID19. After reaching a consensus with the CECC, local governments have also begun to reveal the travel history of confirmed cases, which fits the criteria of identifying hotspots.

Additionally, a staff at a bank in Taichung was also tested positive for #COVID19 on Wednesday, after he reportedly went to Taipei to have dinner with family members at Zhonghe, one of the new hotspots in New Taipei City on May 14. udn.com/news/story/723…

His family member began to show symptoms on May 16 and was tested positive on the same day. The staff hasn't gone back to work since May 17.

Meanwhile in Changhua, one of the most impacted counties outside of Taipei and New Taipei City, police found a Vietnamese woman engaging in sex trade with a customer, which has violated the regulations under the nationwide level three warning. udn.com/news/story/732…

She had a high body temperature but was later tested negative at a local hospital. Local officials call on people to refrain from engaging in "people to people connection" after the whole #Taiwan raised its warning level to level three.

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Breaking: #Taiwan reported 315 #COVIC19 cases, 312 local and 3 imported.

New Taipei: 144 Taipei: 127 (Wanhua: 60) Taoyuan: 13 Keelung: 9 Taichung: 5 Changhua: 5 Kaohsiung: 4 Yilan: 2 Pintung, Nantou and Yulin: 1 each

Wanhua: 107 Tea parlor related: 73
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May 15 was the first day that #Taiwan reported more than 100 local cases in a single day and that was also the day when almost all supermarkets across Taiwan, especially in Taipei and New Taipei City saw the "panic-buying" scenes made up by super long lines of people.

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On Thursday, Lithuania's parliament becomes the latest to call #China's persecution of the #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang genocide, voting to call for a U.N. investigation of internment camps and to ask the European Commission to review relations with Beijing. usnews.com/news/world/art…

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"I think we are struggling with the fact that China’s regime of censorship over Xinjiang is intensifying. Researchers and journalists no longer have meaningful access to the region and the United Nations has been blocked from conducting their fact-finding missions."

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After #China released videos featuring #Uyghur men and women in #Xinjiang denying US accusations that #Beijing is committing human rights violations against them, a text received by @AP showed that the videos are part of China's propaganda campaign. apnews.com/article/asia-p…

The videos, which officials have insisted are spontaneous outpourings of emotion, have also featured prominently in a series of government news conferences held for foreign media.

But the text obtained by AP is the first concrete confirmation that the videos are anything but grassroots. Sent in January to government offices in the northern city of Karamay, the text told each office to find one Uyghur fluent in Mandarin ...

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