Vice President William Lai has urged Taiwan's coastal patrol guard to be on the alert for Nipah virus. Lai was speaking Friday while visiting ...:::HomeNewsProgramsVideosAboutRTIPodcasts繁體中文简体中文EnglishFrançaisDeutschIndonesian日本語한국어РусскийEspañolภาษาไทยTiếngViệtNewsTaiwanNewsCross-StraitBusinessScience&TechFeaturesVPurgescoastalpatrolguardtostayonalertagainstNipahvirus12February,2021PaulaChaoVicePresidentWilliamLai(left)visitedKaohsiungHarboronFriday.(CNAphoto)VicePresidentWilliamLaihasurgedTaiwan’scoastalpatrolguardtobeonthealertforNipahvirus.LaiwasspeakingFridaywhilevisitingKaohsiungHarborinsouthernTaiwan.Hesaidthevirusspreadsfrombatstopigs,sheepandoxen.ThevirushasbeenreportedinChinaandSouthAsia,particularlyinIndiaandBangladesh.LaisaidthatPresidentTsaiIng-weninstructedthegovernmenttoincludethevirusinTaiwan’sdiseasepreventionmeasuresduringanationalsecuritymeetingearlierintheweek.That’sbecausehumanscanbeinfectedwiththeNipahvirusthroughcontactwithanimals,andhuman-to-humantransmissionispossible.LaialsosaidthehardworkofTaiwan’scostalpatrolguardhasledtoprogressinthepreventionofAfricanswinefever.However,hesaidthataseverecrackdownonpigsorporkproductsofunknownoriginmustremaininplace.CommentsLatestNewsmoreTaiwanandPalauininitialstagesofcreatingatravelbubbleWaterwoesloomdespiterainovertheweekendPresidentTsaiIng-weninspects131stFleetSurvey:43%ofwomenhavefacedworkplacesexualharassmentInternationalWomen’sDay:PresidentlaudsTaiwan’swomenTaiwannotpartofChina:MainlandAffairsCouncilMostPopularTaiwannotpartofChina:MainlandAffairsCouncilInternationalWomen’sDay:PresidentlaudsTaiwan’swomenMigrantworkersunioncallsforalawgoverninghouseholdlaborSurvey:43%ofwomenhavefacedworkplacesexualharassmentWaterwoesloomdespiterainovertheweekendPresidentTsaiIng-weninspects131stFleetTaiwanandPalauininitialstagesofcreatingatravelbubblePodcastURLCopylinkPleaseposttoyourPodcastclienttocompletesubscriptionToday'sProgramTaiwanTodayJukeboxRepublicCuriousJohn