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Taipei, May 10 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has ordered that all China Airlines (CAL) pilots who are currently overseas fly back to Taiwan to undergo 14 days of quarantine in a tightening of its COVID-19 protocols.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, announced the new measure at a regular press conference Monday as the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases involving CAL pilots and an airport hotel that houses a CAL dormitory increased to 35. We worry there s a (virus) transmission chain within CAL that has not yet been detected, said Chen, who along with his team has been unable to pinpoint the sources of the CAL pilots infections since they began on April 20.
Worst spots for sexual harassment in Taipei MRT identified
05/09/2021 04:07 PM
Zhongxiao-Fuxing Station. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 9 (CNA) Taipei Metro police have found that most cases of sexual harassment and secret photography in the city s mass rapid transit (MRT) system over the past five years occurred at three downtown stations, led by Zhongxiao-Fuxing Station.
It was followed by Taipei Main Station and Zhongxiao-Dunhua Station, the Rapid Transit Division of the Taipei City Police Department said in a statement Sunday, noting that the results were obtained through big data analysis.
Greater Taipei MRT lines handle about 2.2 million riders a day, and most cases of secret photography and sexual harassment usually involving the buttocks or chests of victims have occurred at stations with heavy passenger traffic.
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Taipei, May 7 (CNA) Taiwan on Friday confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 that originated in the Philippines, India and the United Kingdom but no new cases that were domestically transmitted, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Three of the five new cases involved migrant workers from the Philippines. Two of them are men in their 30s, with one of them set to work as a crew member on a boat and the other as a fishing worker. The third is a Filipina in her 20s.
A total of 197 contacts of the three people have been identified and instructed to follow self-health management protocols, according to the CECC s press release.
A makeshift quarantine center in New Delhi. Photo courtesy of Anadolu Agency
New Delhi, May 7 (CNA) More than 70 Taiwanese nationals on Friday took flights operated by Japanese carriers in New Delhi to leave India and return to Taiwan, as the South Asian country continues to struggle to cope with an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 outbreaks.
Currently, two Japanese carriers Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are the only choice for those opting to fly back to Taiwan.
Meanwhile, Taiwan s representative office in India is arranging for Taiwanese nationals in the country to leave on chartered flights.
Showing no signs of abating, the resurgence of COVID-19 saw India confirm 414,280 new cases on Thursday, with 3,923 deaths that day.
Soldiers are deployed to disinfect China Airlines headquarters in Taoyuan. CNA photo May 2, 2021
Taipei, May 7 (CNA) Taiwanese carrier China Airlines (CAL) will be fined NT$1 million (US$35,800) by the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) for failing to manage a dormitory for flight crew members in home quarantine, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday.
The CAA will impose the fine for violating the Civil Aviation Act and Aircraft Flight Operation Regulations for its failure to carry out quarantine and health management measures related to its flight crews, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, said at a press briefing.