The 2019 edition of the book fair s physical event. CNA file photo
Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) The 2021 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), which is scheduled for Jan. 26-31, will be held entirely in a virtual format due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, the organizers said Wednesday.
The decision to cancel the in-person part of the book fair at Taipei World Trade Center was made in response to the Central Epidemic Command Center s (CECC) request on Tuesday that organizers reassess the risks of mass gatherings, the Ministry of Culture (MOC) said in a statement.
In light of the cancellation of in-person participation in the Taipei book fair, the ministry said, it will refund those who had paid for booths at the fair and bought tickets to visit.
2021/01/20 13:46 Yaung Chih-liang. (Facebook, Water Mirror 8 photo) Yaung Chih-liang. (Facebook, Water Mirror 8 photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) After publicly excoriating the Central Epidemic Command Center s (CECC s) handling of a cluster of infections in a Taoyuan hospital, a former Kuomintang (KMT) minister of health was photographed pulling his mask below his chin to talk on his phone on the Taipei MRT Wednesday morning (Jan. 20). Over the past week, a cluster of infections that began at the Taoyuan General Hospital on Jan. 12 had spread to nine people by Tuesday (Jan. 19). During a talk show interview last week, former Health Minister Yaung Chih-liang (楊志良), who served under former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) from 2009-2011, called for the infected physicians to be fired for failing to follow standard operating procedures (SOP) during a patient s intubation.
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.