Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan has been lauded worldwide for its rapid response to COVID-19 but as it battens down the hatches amid a sudden new outbreak of the disease a big weakness has emerged from an unexpected corner: its workplace culture.
As Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center raised the alert to “Level 3” in Taipei and New Taipei City, home to almost a third of Taiwan’s population, over the weekend they imposed new restrictions on the size of gatherings and made face masks obligatory in public. They also urged employers to allow people to work from home.
Streets were empty over the weekend as residents hunkered down at home. But come Monday it seemed everyone was heading to work even though the outbreak was emerging as the most serious one to hit the island since December 2019.
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Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan has been praised worldwide for its rapid response to COVID-19, but as it emerges from high school, a new vulnerability to the disease has emerged from an unexpected corner: its workplace culture.
When Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Control Center issued a “Level 3” warning in Taipei and New Taipei, where nearly a third of Taiwan’s population lives, new restrictions on the size of meetings were imposed over the weekend and masks were forced to be made public. Employers were also asked to allow people to work from home.
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Phyllis M. Kelley of Carroll County, Md., formerly of Millsboro passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
Born Jan. 17, 1941, Phyllis was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 58 years, the late Robert J. Kelley III. She was a devoted mother to son Kent S. Kelley (Anneli), cherished grandmother (Beeah) to Sean P. Kelley and great-grandmother to Madeline Grace (Gracie) Kelley. She was the loving cousin of Ronald E. Small and his siblings Frederick, Linda and Bobby. She was the sister of Mark Stocker, aunt to three nieces and four nephews and lifelong friend of Ellen Loerwald.
Phyllis attended Eastern High School in Baltimore, Md., where she was a member of Lambda Omicron sorority. She worked as the CFO of a Baltimore advertising company, and later became a licensed nursing home administrator in both Maryland and Delaware. In 1995 she was named Administrator of the Year by Health Facilities Association of Maryland.