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2020/12/23 17:42 MOEA says emergence of local coronavirus case should not cause worries about the mask supply. MOEA says emergence of local coronavirus case should not cause worries about the mask supply. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Amid unease over the country’s first local coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission in eight months, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Wednesday (Dec. 23) that at 24 to 30 million a day, the supply of masks is sufficient to meet demand. On Tuesday (Dec. 22), the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced a local woman had been infected by a New Zealander pilot for EVA Air. The news led to a reevaluation of public Christmas and New events and concern about a potentially dramatic rise in infections comparable to trends in other countries.
CAA, airlines to improve quarantine rules
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday said it has asked the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) to coordinate with three Taiwan-based airlines to improve their quarantine measures for flight crew members at layovers. It also reported six new imported cases of COVID-19.
The CECC’s request came after the discovery of a cluster infection related to case No. 765, an EVA Airways pilot from New Zealand who is suspected of having transmitted the disease to two other pilots during a flight to the US on Dec. 12, and to a woman during his rest days in Taiwan.
KMT cancels protests against pork
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday scrapped plans for protests outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei against the importation of US pork containing ractopamine, after the nation on Tuesday reported its first locally transmitted case of COVID-19 in more than eight months.
Ahead of the legislature’s review today of administrative directives related to the government’s decision to allow imports of US pork containing residue of the animal feed additive, the KMT had planned to begin a rally on Jinan Road (濟南路) in front of the Legislative Yuan’s Chun-hsien Building (群賢樓) at 5:30pm yesterday.
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December 22, 2020
BERLIN The head of Germany’s disease control center says it will probably be several weeks before infections in the country, which is nearly a week into a toughened lockdown, start to decline.
Germany has seen new coronavirus cases and deaths related to COVID-19 hit record highs over recent weeks, despite a partial shutdown in place since early November. Last Wednesday, nonessential shops and schools were closed in a bid to reverse the trend.
Lothar Wieler, the head of the Robert Koch Institute disease control center, said Tuesday that he fears the Christmas period is making the situation worse, despite restrictions on the number of people allowed to gather.