As the COVID-19 situation worsens and some companies report clusters of infected employees, the Central Epidemic Command Center on Saturday instructed firms not to rotate foreign workers between plants as long as the level 3 pandemic alert stands, and the Ministry of Labor has prohibited labor brokers from unnecessarily changing workers’ employers or workplaces.
Since early last week, two chip testing and packaging companies King Yuan Electronics and GreaTek Electronics have reported an increasing number of COVID-19 cases at their manufacturing sites in Miaoli County’s Jhunan District (竹南), prompting concerns about whether the government is doing enough to contain
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced five crowd control measures for traditional and night markets as it reported 335 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, eight backlogged cases and 36 deaths.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the 335 new local cases are 189 males and 146 females, adding that they developed symptoms from May 24 to Saturday.
The eight backlogged cases are three men and five women aged 20 to 70, Chen said.
They began experiencing symptoms on Tuesday and Wednesday, he said.
As most of the pending cases due to delayed test results
NT$300 FEE NIXED: The jabs are available for medical staff nationwide, as well as other workers at higher risk of exposure to the virus in Taipei and New Taipei CityBy Wu Su-wei, Wang Chun-chi and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA
‘DO NOT STAY TOO LONG’: People would be required to provide personal contact information when entering traditional markets, and illegal vendors would be finedBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Taipei, June 6 (CNA) Taiwan on Sunday reported 343 cases of COVID-19, all of which were domestically transmitted, and 36 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).