May - June 2022
1. Pingtung in the News 屏東的新聞 (North 北) 7 There are 29 townships, 3 municipalities and one city in Pingtung County. It's exhausting to include news from every township, municipality and Pingtung City every time, so what I'll do instead is include news items from eleven different townships or municipalities in each entry. This way I should be able to work my way through Pingtung County every three entries. 屏東縣包含了29個鄉, 3個鎮還有屏東市. 每次討論所有鄉鎮的新聞太累了, 所以我會每次討論11個鄉鎮的報告. 這樣子我每三篇新聞文章就會涵蓋到全縣內鄉鎮的新聞. 1. Ligang Township 里港鄉 1a. As you might expect, a whole lotta COVID. Ligang, like countless other places, set a record for the number of COVID cases in a single day. Individual classes have been forced into quarantine, and entire schools have suspended operations. Ligang is no exception. At the time of writing about 34% of students have been vaccinated, with many parents either refusing vaccination for their children or waiting for another brand of va...