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