Eight Taiwanese wind musicians who are attending an international music festival in Jeju Island, South Korea, tested positive for the A(H1N1) flu virus on Monday, South Korean health authorities said yesterday.
Six other Taiwanese wind instrument players were put under observation on Monday after they developed fevers, the authorities said.
Five Malaysians who were also attending the 2009 International Wind Instrument Festival on Jeju Island were the first participants to test positive for the A(H1N1) flu strain on Sunday, South Korean health authorities said.
ONGOING
Meanwhile, the Central Epidemic Command Center said yesterday that approximately 9,000 new people are confirmed with A(H1N1) influenza each week, saying it recommended canceling classes should an infection occur.
SCHOOLS
A kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school or cram school class should be canceled for five days if more than two students are confirmed as infected within three days, said the center’s spokesman Lin Ting (林頂), emphasizing that the measure applied to all types of flu.
MILITARY
Meanwhile, Lin confirmed that 81 out of 2,000 rookies at a Ministry of the Interior boot camp for alternative military service in Taichung’s Chengkungling (成功嶺) army base tested positive for the A(H1N1) flu virus after a screening test.
From July 1 through yesterday, there have been 43 swine flu cluster infections and 25 severe cases.
Among those 25 severe cases, two patients had died, three remained in intensive care, one other was in hospital, while 19 were released after making a complete recovery.
Taiwan would benefit from more integrated military strategies and deployments if the US and its allies treat the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as a “single theater of operations,” a Taiwanese military expert said yesterday. Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said he made the assessment after two Japanese military experts warned of emerging threats from China based on a drill conducted this month by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. Japan Institute for National Fundamentals researcher Maki Nakagawa said the drill differed from the
‘WORSE THAN COMMUNISTS’: President William Lai has cracked down on his political enemies and has attempted to exterminate all opposition forces, the chairman said The legislature would motion for a presidential recall after May 20, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday at a protest themed “against green communists and dictatorship” in Taipei. Taiwan is supposed to be a peaceful homeland where people are united, but President William Lai (賴清德) has been polarizing and tearing apart society since his inauguration, Chu said. Lai must show his commitment to his job, otherwise a referendum could be initiated to recall him, he said. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but Lai has failed to fulfill his
A rally held by opposition parties yesterday demonstrates that Taiwan is a democratic country, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, adding that if opposition parties really want to fight dictatorship, they should fight it on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) held a protest with the theme “against green communists and dictatorship,” and was joined by the Taiwan People’s Party. Lai said the opposition parties are against what they called the “green communists,” but do not fight against the “Chinese communists,” adding that if they really want to fight dictatorship, they should go to the right place and face
A 79-year-old woman died today after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Taoyuan, police said. The woman, identified by her surname Wang (王), crossed the tracks even though the barriers were down in Jhongli District’s (中壢) Neili (內壢) area, the Taoyuan Branch of the Railway Police Bureau said. Surveillance footage showed that the railway barriers were lowered when Wang entered the crossing, but why she ventured onto the track remains under investigation, the police said. Police said they received a report of an incident at 6:41am involving local train No. 2133 that was heading from Keelung to Chiayi City. Investigators
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