Door-to-door testing in England to stop South African variant spread
From CNN s Jo Shelley
Volunteers are briefed at a fire station as local authorities prepare to deploy Covid-19 testing kits on February 2, in Woking, England. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Door-to-door coronavirus testing is being rolled out in parts of England in an attempt to stem the outbreak of a more contagious variant discovered in South Africa.
The surge testing scheme will see mobile testing units deployed in eight areas where the variant has been found.
A statement released by the UK Department of Health and Social Care on Monday said 105 cases of the strain had been detected in the UK to date and 11 cannot be traced back to international travel, leading to concerns about community transmission.
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TAIPEI A Taiwanese man who was to be fined NT$100,000 (S$4,752) for violating quarantine when he returned to Taiwan from Hong Kong in 2020 has been acquitted on Wednesday after it was revealed he had been dragged from his home by loan sharks.
According to the Changhua Branch, of the Administrative Enforcement Agency under the Ministry of Justice who conducted the investigation, the man surnamed Chen had been involuntarily taken from his home.
Chen returned to Taiwan on Oct 30 and was supposed to be under quarantine until Nov 13.
He chose to finish his quarantine at his friend’s house but was soon tracked down by loan sharks who, after beating him up, forced him to a house in Nantou CIty.
2021/01/28 13:26 (Pixabay photo) (Pixabay photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has withdrawn a quarantine violation fine against a man in central Taiwan after he proved that he was taken from his quarantine location by a group of debt collectors. In a statement released Wednesday (Jan. 27), the Changhua Branch of MOJ s Administrative Enforcement Agency said the man, surnamed Chen (陳), was abducted by debt collectors on Nov. 1, 2020, while undergoing the 14-day quarantine requirement at his friend s residence in Nantou County. It said Chen had returned to Taiwan from Hong Kong on Oct. 30. According to the authorities, the debt collectors came across Chen when they were looking for his friend for payment. He was physically assaulted before being taken to his home to get money to repay his debt.
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