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Taiwan News Review: Covid numbers, referendum voting age, ban on animal prizes, ukrainian students

If you want to buy me a bubble milk tea or support my projects, you can do so in one click: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/charmles... 台灣新聞回顧 I'll be looking at 4 different news items from the past week's news in Taiwan with you. Find me on intagram: @charmless.charmander https://www.instagram.com/charmless.c... Read the full articles here: 4. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news... 3. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news... 2. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news... 1. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202204... Transcription: Taiwan News Review 2022/04/19 taiwan confirms 1.199 local covid cases taiwan announced 1.199 local covid-19 infections and 152 imported cases on saturday april 16th while the dead tally remained unchanged at 854 a total of 672 cases were asymptomatic of the 7.752 local covid cases recorded in 2022 7.713 had no or mild symptoms, 36 had moderate symptoms and 3 experienced severe symptoms the latest severe case reported on saturday is 2 years old and being treated the new imported cases include 66 males and 86 females they include four arrivals from vietnam, three from south korea, two each from indonesia and thailand, one each from singapore and the us and 139 still under investigation taiwan schedules referendum to lower voting age to 18. a referendum about lowering the voting age to 18 will take place on november 26th, the same day as local elections according to the constitution, the measure will need to support of at least half of all eligible voters casting a ballot in the referendum a minimum of 9.65 million will need to come out and vote in favor on november 26th some believe the target will be easier to reach if the referendum is held on the same day as elections for mayors, county commissioners, city and county councillors and other local officials social activists and students have spent years campaigning for the change to bring taiwan's voting age in line with most other democracies ngos call for outright ban on giving away animals in taiwan the practice of using live animals as prizes at night markets and other occasions must be outlawed taiwan's animal welfare groups urge on friday april the 15th guinea pigs, goldfish, rabbits, birds, reptiles, sugar gliders and other animals are often given away as prizes at recreational venues outdoor fairs marketplaces and night market playgrounds this is concerning as the animals are sometimes treated inhumanely also, many of the prize winners are incapable of caring for the creatures or simply growing tired of keeping the trophies the animal protection act bans the award of animals for gambling or dubious purposes but games such as 'goldfish scooping' are considered entertainment and not bound by law legislators Tsai Pi-ru (蔡壁如) of the taiwan people's party and Chen Jiau-hua (陳淑華) of the new power party promised efforts to introduce regulatory changes as taiwan strives to become an animal friendly country a dedicated pet division was established under the auspices of the council of agriculture earlier this month which will oversee the implementation of animal welfare policies taiwan's tunghai university to accommodate 18 ukrainian students tunghai university in central taiwan said on saturday it will accommodate 18 ukrainian students from late april to show its support for the country amid the russia - ukraine war the university said it had originally planned to support 10 ukrainian students to study and live in taiwan for four years however, since more than 30 students have expressed interest, the school decided to admit 18 students first with its president Chang Kuo-en (張國恩) pledging to help them as much as possible among the first batch of students, 11 will seek bachelor's degree, six masters and one doctorate, the school said adding that the doctorate student who speaks fluent chinese may study politics except for that student, the others will receive mandarin training before enrolling in departments such as foreign languages, finance and business administration the 18 students are currently in warsaw poland and they could arrive in taiwan as early as late april, the school said