**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened down 65-points this morning from Friday's close, at 13,359

on turnover of 2.5-billion N-T.

The market fell by over 100-points on Friday, as other regional indexes sank

again after German inflation spiked higher, Britain's Prime Minister Liz

Truss defended a tax-cut plan that rattled investors and data showed that

Chinese manufacturing has weakened.

**More than 141,000 Free Flu Shots Administered on First Day of Rollout **

The Centers for Disease Control says more than 141,000 people received a flu

shot on Saturday, when the government launched this year's free vaccination

program.

That figure was a 14-per cent increase from last year.

C-D-C Deputy Director-General Zhuang Ren-xiang is attributing the higher

number to there being less conflict with the administration of coronavirus

vaccines.

People being vaccinated against the coronavirus at this time last year were

advised (建議) to wait at least seven days before getting a seasonal flu

shot.

However, the C-D-C this year has said that flu shots can be given at the same

time as other vaccines, including coronavirus vaccines, but not on the same

limb.

**Mercury to Drop in North this Week **

The Central Weather Bureau says a seasonal northeasterly wind system is

expected to begin affecting (影響) the north from Wednesday - when daytime

temperatures are expected to drop by between 7 and 8 degrees.

According to the weather bureau, the mercury in northern Taiwan is forecast

to range from between 25 and 26 degrees - and that'll be a marked decline

from the daytime highs of 34 to 35 degrees seen over the past week.

The seasonal northeasterly wind is also expected to bring brief showers to

areas north of Taoyuan as well as to northeastern Taiwan, while sporadic

rainfall is forecast for Hualien and Taitung from Wednesday.

Those weather conditions will last into the weekend.

**Haiti Sees Cholera Outbreak **

Haiti's government says at least eight people have died from cholera for the

first time in three years.

The cases are raising concerns about another potential catastrophic epidemic

like the one that broke out a decade ago and killed nearly 10,000 people.

The cases were reported in a community in southern Port-au-Prince and in a

seaside slum (貧民窟) where thousands of people live in cramped, unsanitary

conditions.

The deaths announced Sunday come as a lack of fuel and ongoing protests shut

down the availability of basic services across Haiti, including medical care

and clean water, which is key to helping fight cholera and keep patients

alive.

**Brazil Presidential Candidates Head into Runoff Vote **

Brazil's top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff

vote after neither got enough support to win outright.

With 98.8% of the votes tallied on Sunday's election, former President Luiz

Inacio Lula da Silva had 48% support.

Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro had 43.6% support.

Brazil's election authority said the result made a second round vote between

the two candidates a mathematical certainty (必然的事).

Nine other candidates were also competing.

**King Charles Not to Attend Climate Summit **

King Charles III has decided not to attend (參加) the international climate

change summit in Egypt next month.

AP correspondent Zerya Shakely reports.

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