Overview
- Video from the Feb. 18 ceremony shows temple chairman Lin Pei-huo becoming suddenly ill beside President Lai Ching-te.
- Lai, who trained as a doctor, checked on Lin and addressed attendees after aides and medical staff intervened.
- Event organizers briefly halted the proceedings as first aid was provided on site.
- Lai told the crowd that several of Lin’s family members had recently contracted norovirus and suggested Lin may have been infected.
- Lin apologized for the disruption, and there were no reports that the president became ill as the footage spread widely online.