2021/01/20 17:58 McDonald s on Sanmin Road in Taoyuan. (Google Maps image) McDonald s on Sanmin Road in Taoyuan. (Google Maps image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday (Jan. 20) announced that one member of a coronavirus cluster infection associated with the Taoyuan General Hospital not only worked at a MOS Burger for three days while contagious but also visited a McDonalds for a late-night snack on Saturday night (Jan. 16). On Tuesday (Jan. 19), CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced a preliminary list of locations where three cases from a cluster of infections tied to Taoyuan General Hospital had traveled while potentially COVID positive. The three cases include Case No. 863, a nurse who works at the same hospital as Case No. 838, a physician who was the first person in the cluster, along with her husband (Case No. 864) and her daughter (Case No. 865).
Virus Outbreak: Ministry changes book trade show to online-only event
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) scheduled to open on Tuesday next week has been changed to an online-only event, the Ministry of Culture said yesterday.
A forum for publishing professionals and the exhibition’s online presentation would be held, the ministry said in a statement.
Given changes in the local COVID-19 situation, the Central Epidemic Command Center on Tuesday requested organizers of public gatherings to assess the necessity of holding their events, as well as the degree of risk involved, it said.
Taipei Book Fair Foundation director Wang Hsiu-yin, second left, and other organizers of the Taipei International Book Exhibition promote the show in Taipei on Dec. 29 last year.
Taipei cancels Lunar New Year Dihua Street market
By Lee I-chia, Chen Tzu-wen and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Taipei City Government yesterday canceled this year’s Lunar New Year market on Dihua Street and postponed the Taipei Lantern Festival over COVID-19 concerns.
The market was to open on Thursday next week and run through Feb. 10, while the lantern festival was to run from Feb. 26 to March 7.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said that the decisions were made after considering the COVID-19 situation reported by the Central Epidemic Command Center and discussions with city departments.
Banners and lanterns on Dihua Street in Taipei’s Datong District yesterday announce the dates of the annual Lunar New Year market, which has been canceled.
Virus Outbreak: Cluster led to festival cancelation
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Dramatic developments in the spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan in the past 10 days led to the government’s decision to cancel the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Hsinchu City, Minister of Transportation and Communication Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.
The Executive Yuan canceled the flagship tourism event one day after Lin told reporters that the annual festival should proceed, despite a cluster COVID-19 infections at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Taoyuan General Hospital causing an increase in the number of domestic cases.
“Even though there has yet to be a massive community infection, the cluster infection at the hospital has come to a critical point, as it has begun to affect some residents in the community. It is possible that the disease could spread further. As such, we support and agree with the Hsinchu City Government’s decision to cancel the event, and will assist it