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2020/12/21 12:51 Stock image of pilots in a cockpit. Stock image of pilots in a cockpit. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Sunday (Dec. 20) announced that they believe a cluster infection of three pilots originated from a pilot from New Zealand who traveled around northern Taiwan while infectious from Dec. 8 to 11. During a press conference on Friday, CECC Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) announced that a cluster of infected cargo plane pilots is believed to have started from a male pilot in his 60s from New Zealand, Case No. 765. The CECC believes he infected Case No. 760, a female Taiwanese pilot in her 30s, and Case No. 766, a male Japanese pilot in his 20s.
Entry ban on Indonesian workers unrelated to politics: office
12/19/2020 09:02 PM
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Jakarta, Dec. 19 (CNA) Taiwan s representative office in Jakarta on Saturday said Taiwan s decision to extend indefinitely an entry ban on Indonesian migrant workers was based purely on epidemic prevention considerations and not on politics.
In a statement, the Taipei Economic and Trade Office (TETO) in Jakarta said Taiwan is willing to reopen its doors to Indonesian migrant workers when the two sides come to a consensus on epidemic prevention measures.
TETO was responding to comments by Benny Rhamdani, head of Indonesia s Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI), that questioned the motives behind Taiwan s decision.
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Indonesia urges Taiwan to reconsider entry ban on its migrant workers
12/18/2020 12:29 PM
Benny Rhamdani / Photo courtesy of Indonesia s Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers
Jakarta, Dec. 18 (CNA) The Indonesian government on Thursday expressed disappointment at Taiwan s decision to indefinitely suspend the entry of Indonesian migrant workers, and it called for the policy to be reconsidered, saying it had recently been investigating health protocols at its manpower agencies.
Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) temporarily suspended the entry of Indonesian migrant workers on Dec. 4 amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases from the country.
On Wednesday, it announced that it was extending the restrictions indefinitely, as the Indonesian government had failed to address concerns about the accuracy of COVID-19 test results being issued to migrant workers.