Three foreign visitors tested positive for COVID-19 last week after they were exempted from quarantine regulations to travel to Taipei on invitations to attend the annual Smart City Summit and Expo. One of them tested positive on their first day in Taiwan on Monday, while the others initially tested negative, but were on Wednesday found to have the virus, after attending the summit’s events the day before.
The other 27 international visitors were placed in isolation for 10 days, and the events they were supposed to attend were canceled.
Thirty-eight close contacts of the three cases were asked to isolate, 119
Smart City Summit and Expo 2022 The Smart City Summit and Expo (SCSE) launched in both Taipei and Kaohsiung as a hybrid on Mar. 22nd until Mar. 26th as twin events for the first time. They are hosted under the topic of “Digital Transformation Takes Smart Cities to New Heights”, featuring smart solu
Taipei, March 23 (CNA) Two other foreign guests who were invited to the ongoing Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE) have tested positive for COVID-19, which has resulted in the quarantine of all overseas visitors to the event, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said Wednesday.
Large-scale “bubble” plans exempting certain visitors from quarantine would be reviewed, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday, after three foreign visitors exempted under the rule tested positive for COVID-19.
Of 30 visitors invited to the Smart City Summit and Expo in Taipei, three have so far tested positive, while 27 are staying at a quarantine hotel, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the Central Epidemic Command Center ’s (CECC) spokesman.
The CECC on Tuesday said that a visitor from Belize who was invited to the expo tested positive after arriving at a hotel on