Apologies, yesterday's show had a technical mishap, so today's show features a few critical items from the day before. An outbreak on a navy ship leads to a significant spike in coronavirus cases. VP says social distancing is the "new normal" for at least a year and a half. Food safety is on the mind of the government, should we worry? The World Health Organization praises Taiwan, but the World Medical Association slams the World Health Organization over Taiwan. President Tsai rules Twitter. Land use law loses a controversial amendment. Fines to be increased after Taiwanese reporter for communist mouthpiece tells Donald Trump, "I'm from Taiwan." NPP reportedly in discussions on cooperating with other parties. A court blocks efforts to halt the Han recall vote and a date for the recall vote has set (and I was wrong about that.) 

As always, all English articles used in the report are linked to on our website Report.tw. 

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