Experts yesterday said that airports should enhance disinfection and divide airport workers into groups that are kept separate to avoid cluster infections as border control measures for COVID-19 are eased.
A cluster of COVID-19 infections occurred in January among Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport workers, including janitors, security guards, luggage cart handlers and disease prevention taxi drivers assigned to passenger pick-up.
The cluster led to thousands of workers being screened and a group of experts inspecting the airport’s disease prevention procedures.
Among UK-based consultancy Skytrax’s list of World’s Cleanest Airports, Taoyuan airport’s ranking has been falling since 2017, and it was excluded from the
Experts yesterday said that airports should enhance disinfection and divide airport workers into groups that are kept separate to avoid cluster infections as border control measures for COVID-19 are eased.
A cluster of COVID-19 infections occurred in January among Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport workers, including janitors, security guards, luggage cart handlers and disease prevention taxi drivers assigned to passenger pick-up.
The cluster led to thousands of workers being screened and a group of experts inspecting the airport’s disease prevention procedures.
Among UK-based consultancy Skytrax’s list of World’s Cleanest Airports, Taoyuan airport’s ranking has been falling since 2017, and it was excluded from the
A group of 25 Japanese tour operators is to arrive in Taiwan on Sunday next week for a four-day tour, as Taiwan prepares to reopen its borders amid signs that the COVID-19 pandemic is easing, Ministry of Transportation and Communications sources said yesterday.
It would be the first group of foreign nationals to enter Taiwan for tourism-related purposes since foreign tourist arrivals were banned on March 19, 2020.
The tour operators are to visit the Taipei 101 skyscraper, New Taipei City’s Jiufen (九份), Keelung’s Heping Island Park (和平島公園) and other sites in the city, including the former site of a kimono store
PREPARATIONS: The tour operators are to visit top tourist spots, including a site where the Japanese PM’s great-grandfather ran a kimono store/ Staff reporter, with CNA
Keelung often conjures up images of narrow streets, rainy skies, damp concrete buildings and a busy shipping port. Just outside the main harbor, however, lie recreational opportunities that highlight the beautiful coastal scenery and rich history that Keelung has to offer. Relax on the beach, climb up to a remote lighthouse, observe the myriad shapes created by sandstone erosion along the coast or learn about the various groups that have made their homes here over the centuries, all within minutes of downtown.
<strong>KEELUNG ISLET</strong>
Looking out from Keelung’s coast, a small island is visible about 5km out to sea, the result of