Taipei, May 19 (CNA) Taiwan will begin to set up more COVID-19 testing sites at places frequented by people confirmed to have the disease, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said at a press conference Wednesday.
Taipei closes more entertainment venues
05/17/2021 09:27 PM
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Shutters are lowered at a claw machine store in Taipei as its owners disinfect the premises. CNA photo May 17, 2021
Taipei, May 17 (CNA) Taipei on Monday announced that more entertainment venues in the city would be closed, effective immediately, in the wake of rising domestic COVID-19 cases.
The venues include claw machine stores, board game cafes, shrimp fishing restaurants, and restaurants that include karaoke services, Taipei Deputy Major Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) said at a press briefing.
Taipei already ordered on Friday the closure of other entertainment venues including bars, nightclubs, internet cafes, video game arcades, and hostess teahouses, as well as government-run institutions such as museums, libraries and sports centers.
TAIPEI (The China Post) â Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je (æ¯æå²) announced on Friday new epidemic prevention measures that allow runaway migrant workers to test for COVID-19 without fear of being arrested.
The announcement was made during a press conference during which Mayor Ko along with the Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (é³æä¸) announced a series of epidemic-prevention measures to combat the rise of local infections and new cases found in the Taipei City Hospital Heping Branch (åå¹³é«é¢).
The mayor said that the city has set up four Covid-19 testing sites in Wanhua District (è¬è¯å) â Taipei City Hospital Zhongxing Branch (ä¸èé«é¢), Taipei City Hospital Heping Branch (åå¹³é«é¢) and West Garden Hospital (西åé«é¢).
Undocumented migrants can get tested for COVID-19 penalty-free: Ko
05/14/2021 04:14 PM
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A testing site set up in Bopiliao Historic Block in Taipei s Wanhua District. CNA photo May 14, 2021
Taipei, May 14 (CNA) Migrant workers without valid working documents will not be punished or deported if they take rapid COVID-19 tests at four testing sites soon to be set up by Taipei, the city s mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said Friday.
The new measure is being taken to encourage unlicensed migrant workers to get tested at a time when Taipei has been hit by cluster infections from the disease, especially in Wanhua District, Ko said at a press briefing.