Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) Taiwan s health authorities on Wednesday released information on locations recently visited by three COVID-19 cases in a cluster infection in Taoyuan, including a seafood restaurant and a McDonalds outlet, in a bid to alert people who may have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus.
The three domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, all linked to the cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital, involve a nurse, her daughter and husband, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who also heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) All hospitals in Taiwan have been asked to tighten their restrictions on visits to inpatients, with immediate effect, amid a growing outbreak spawned by a cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital.
Indonesia delays new migrant worker policy to July
01/15/2021 07:18 PM
Indonesian migrant workers at a training center before their departure / CNA file photo
Jakarta, Jan. 15 (CNA) The Indonesian government will now require employers of Indonesian migrant workers and local governments in Indonesia to pay part of the workers placement fees starting on July 15 rather than Jan. 15 as previously scheduled.
The new policy, aimed at easing the financial burden of Indonesian migrant workers, will remove placement fees for 11 types of workers, including domestic helpers and construction workers, and have overseas employers and local Indonesian authorities cover them instead.
It has been postponed because most local authorities have yet to budget funding for the two expenses they will be responsible for under the new rules, according to Benny Rhamdani, head of Indonesia s Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI).
Jakarta, Jan. 14 (CNA) The Indonesian government has decided to defer the implementation of a new policy that mandates employers of Indonesian migrant workers must pay part of placement costs rather than workers, and was scheduled to take effect Jan. 15.
Taipei, Jan. 14 (CNA) A recent cold spell that gripped Taiwan has caused nationwide agricultural losses estimated at NT$118.14 million (US$4.2 million), the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Thursday.