Baby boy suspected of suffocating to death after daycare center forces him to wear facemask

pictures of baby who died of suspected suffocation

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment New Taipei City, surgical masks, virus mania

Police are investigating the death of an eleven-month-old boy who is suspected to have suffocated to death after being forced to wear a facemask against his will at a childcare center in New Taipei City, Monday. “Tonight, a cute baby returned to heaven to be an angel. I feel extremely heavy-hearted,” CTS news anchor Lin Yen-ju (林彥汝) posted on Facebook last night, Tuesday, after receiving the news from a personal friend, who is also the boy’s maternal aunt. According to

woman walking around Taichung City naked

Odd News

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment public nudity, surgical masks, Taichung City

A woman in Taichung City caused tongues to wag, and sent the local media into a frenzy yesterday, after she was spotted walking around without wearing a surgical mask. The woman was seen near the Zhonghua Road Night Market, June 11, at around noon. Not only was the woman not wearing a surgical mask, but she was not wearing any kind of personal protective equipment (PPE) at all. Carrying only a large, black handbag, and donning a pair of slippers,

Officer receives first aid for neck injury

Violent Crimes

May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment police officers injured, surgical masks, Taipei City, Taipei Main Station

One police officer was cut on his neck, and another on his hand, after a homeless man reported for not wearing a mask attacked them with a machete at Taipei Main Station today, May 22. Police from the Zhongxiao West Road police station went to the south gate of the station plaza after a member of the public reported that a man was loitering near the station entrance without wearing a surgical mask at around 5:00 pm. The two police

Violent Crimes

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment convenience store, surgical masks, violence

A convenience store clerk in New Taipei City was sent to hospital after being beaten up by a man who refused to comply with the requirement to wear a mask and register his name and phone number when visiting the store, today, May 17. At around 7:00 am this morning a 50-year-old man, named Lai, entered a High Life convenience store in Tucheng District, without wearing a surgical mask. A 22-year-old clerk named Zhuo requested he put on a mask

Health and Safety

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment COVID-19, surgical masks, vaccine

A majority of people in Taiwan would prefer to continue wearing masks over taking a vaccine for COVID-19 according to poll results on Yahoo News. Yahoo began conducting the poll after the Minister of Health, Chen Shih-chung said that mask mandates will be lifted after “vaccination rates reach a certain level.” The statement was made as a response to a question during a press conference, April 21, in which a Reuters report was quoted pointing out that Israel [somewhat] relaxed

NTCH staff demonstrate new transparent medical masks

Business and Economy

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment COVID-19, manufacturing, surgical masks

Medical mask manufacturer Taiwan Champ Manufacturing will donate 20,000 newly-developed transparent masks to social welfare organizations, after a joint effort between government and private sector groups to develop a mask to improve communication with the people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and it may bring benefits to anyone who appreciates a smile. Hsieh Li-fang (謝莉芳), chairperson of the Dandelion Hearing and Language Association (DHLA), said that people with hearing impairments rely on visual cues, facial expressions, and lip

bus driver and passenger fight on sidewalk in Taipei City

Society

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment on the buses, surgical masks, Taipei City

A bus driver and passenger had a physical conflict at a bus stop in Taipei City this afternoon, after an argument over the passenger’s improper wearing of a surgical mask. According to a China Times report, the bus driver, described as around 50 years old, had requested that a passenger, around 70 years old, put his mask fully over his mouth and nose. However, the passenger kept exposing his nose, and sometimes his mouth, and argued with the driver all

sign showing limit to one pack of toilet tissue per customer

Business and Economy

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment crowd psychology, surgical masks, toilet paper, Wuhan coronavirus

Premier Su Tseng-chang, domestic tissue manufacturers, and supermarket executives rushed to reassure consumers that there were no impending toilet paper shortages as major supermarket chains reported signs of panic buying reminiscent of the toilet paper crisis of 2018, today, February 7. Costco began to restrict customers to purchasing one pack of certain brands of tissue after bulk-buying threatened to wipe shelves clean this morning . The panic buying is believed to have been sparked by messages on social media that

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Taiwan develops mask with transparent windows to improve communication

Bus driver, passenger fight over proper mask wearing

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