Effective immediately, migrant workers are temporarily banned from changing employers, and employers are temporarily banned from moving migrant workers between factories as long as the level 3 COVID-19 alert remains in place, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
King Yuan Electronics (京元電子) on Thursday began conducting rapid COVID-19 tests on all of its about 7,300 employees after a cluster infection was confirmed among migrant workers at its manufacturing campus in Miaoli County.
King Yuan is a chip testing and packaging service provider based in Hsinchu City. Its migrant workers live in dormitories.
As more migrant workers tested positive, the
Taiwan has been uplifted by Japan’s donation of 1.24 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, but it is disheartening to see central and local governments divided in their pandemic responses.
Soon after Japan’s plan to deliver the vaccines was reported by foreign media, certain local media began touting the central government’s low-profile arrangements in making the delivery possible, citing anonymous sources from high-ranking national security agencies. Japan’s donation is heartwarming, and no one would question the central government’s achievement in negotiating with Japan for this aid. Nonetheless, the nation has its own battles to fight. Additional medical resources are of
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterEffective immediately, migrant workers are temporarily banned from changing employers, and employers are temporarily banned from moving migrant workers between factories as long as the level 3 COVID-19 alert remains in place, the Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） said yesterday.
COVID-19 testing site to open in Hsinchu Science Park
06/04/2021 09:28 PM
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Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (left) inspects on Friday the site to be used for a temporary testing site for migrant workers. Photo courtesy of Hsinchu City government
Taipei, June 4 (CNA) A provisional COVID-19 testing station is set to open in Hsinchu Science Park on Saturday as part of efforts to test about 4,000 migrant workers based in the park, which houses Taiwan s major high tech firms, according to Hsinchu City Government.
Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) said many tech companies with operations in the science park have asked him for help screening migrant employees after an infection cluster hit King Yuan Electronics Co., one of the largest integrated circuit packaging and testing services providers in Taiwan.
Taiwan is ramping up testing and vaccinations for tech industry workers in a bid to stop a sudden surge in coronavirus cases hitting its semiconductor industry at a time of global shortages. In the science parks of northern Hsinchu city, where the world's largest contract microchip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is based, local officials have set up rapid testing sites. "The Hsinchu Science Park is home to some very.