Taiwan's official manufacturing purchasing manager's index (PMI) increased 1.9 percentage points to 56.0%, indicating growth in Taiwan's manufacturing sector for two consecutive months.

Local drug maker Adimmune has started the first phase of human trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine.

A testing programme for coronavirus antibodies by the National Taiwan University's College of Public Health has found low rates of exposure to the virus among high-risk population groups.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced that it is resuming regular passenger flights to Taiwan, starting on 1 September.

The Ministry of Education says Chinese students enrolled in tertiary-level schools here in Taiwan are now allowed to enter the country. According to the ministry, the new regulation will benefit some 5,000 students from China.

Taiwan's official unemployment rate reached 4% in July, according to the monthly Manpower Survey Results report by the Directorate General of Budget Accounting & Statistics (DGBAS).

The Taiwan Food & Drug Administration has approved Taiwan's first clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine.

Taiwan's export orders in July rose 6.9% compared with the same month in 2019 when measured in NT dollars.

The European Commission has reached a first agreement with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to purchase a potential vaccine against Covid-19 as well as to donate to lower and middle income countries or redirect to other European countries, according to a press release on the EU's official website, Europa.