In news from and about Taiwan this morning,

The Ministry of Health says five people who ate at a branch of a Malaysian
restaurant chain in Taipei's Xinyi District remain in critical condition.

The number of people reporting illnesses after eating at the restaurant now
stand at 18 - six of whom remain hospitalized.

Ten other patients have been discharged from hospital.

While the death toll from the food poisoning remains at two.

According to the health ministry, most of the patients ate a Malaysian
stir-fried rice noodle dish that contains egg at the restaurant in between
March 19 and 23.

The Taipei Department of Legal Affairs says 91 transactions were recorded at
the Xinyi restaurant from between March 17 and 25 and health officials are
advising anyone who ate there should seek medical attention if they develop
symptoms.

Those symptoms include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and gastro-intestinal
discomfort.

The Taipei City government ordered the closure of all of the restaurant
chains branches with immediate effect earlier this week.

However, Taipei Department of Health Commissioner Chen Yen-yuan says the
company that runs the Malaysian restaurant chain in Taipei intentionally
failed to immediately close one of its branches.

That branch was closed yesterday.