Taipei, April 4 (CNA) A COVID-19 patient who twice fled a hospital isolation ward last year has been handed a 50-day suspended jail sentence by the Changhua District Court.
The government is not extending subsidies to travel agents as it switches its focus to rebooting the tourism industry, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said on Wednesday.
Wang and Tourism Bureau Director-General Chang Shi-chung (張錫聰) on Wednesday evening spoke with representatives from the Travel Agent Association, Travel Quality Assurance Association and local travel associations on the status of the tourism industry.
Representatives suggested that the ministry should continue subsidizing salaries in the tourism sector until the border is fully reopened upon COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are lifted.
However, the government has progressed toward revitalizing the tourism industry rather than offering
A Taiwanese man has been found guilty of forgery after purchasing a falsified certificate showing a negative COVID-19 result upon his return to Taiwan from Thailand, the Taoyuan District Court said yesterday.
The man, surnamed Shen (沈), returned from Bangkok on May 2 last year and was detected with a fever by infrared thermal imaging cameras at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the court said.
The man’s temperature was confirmed by a handheld thermometer, confirming a fever of 38.2°C, it added.
Shen provided what looked to be a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) certificate showing a negative test result, although medical personnel sent him
A Taiwanese man has been found guilty of forgery after purchasing a falsified certificate showing a negative COVID-19 result upon his return to Taiwan from Thailand, the Taoyuan District Court said yesterday.
The man, surnamed Shen (沈), returned from Bangkok on May 2 last year and was detected with a fever by infrared thermal imaging cameras at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the court said.
The man’s temperature was confirmed by a handheld thermometer, confirming a fever of 38.2°C, it added.
Shen provided what looked to be a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) certificate showing a negative test result, although medical personnel sent him
The legislature yesterday approved an additional NT$159.893 billion (US$5.76 billion) of funding for COVID-19 relief and prevention NT$170 million less than the Cabinet’s proposal of NT$160 billion.
Approved by the Cabinet in September, the additional funds are to be allocated to COVID-19 prevention and control, and financial relief, including stimulus spending.
However, following the completion of the legislature’s review on Wednesday, the proposed funding was cut by NT$170 million.
COVID-19 prevention and control including enhancing testing capacity, establishing screening stations, amd mass vaccination programs, opening COVID-19 consultation hotlines and procuring medication for treatment of patients is to be allocated NT$18.9