Births do not keep up with deaths as Taiwan’s population shrinks

Government should take more aggressive approach in face of contagious Omicron subvariant

May sees fewest number of births per month for 2022 so far

Fewer than 10,000 babies born across country in February

There were 125,636 births in first 10 months this year, 7,410 fewer than same period last year

Population total drops below 23.5 million

1,055 patientscurrently have severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome: CECC official