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Lesson in disease prevention
Students yesterday enter the Taipei venue for the Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students. The more than 200,000 participants in the two-day high-school entrance exams are required to wear a mask at all times. The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that although kindergarten, elementary, and junior and senior-high school classes would be allowed next week, students and faculty must wear masks all day on campus except for during meals and physical education classes, during which disease prevention measures must be followed. As of 4pm yesterday, the ministry said that 99 colleges and universities nationwide have said that all courses will be conducted online next week.
City government steps up disease prevention measures
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Taipei City Government yesterday raised the alert level for COVID-19, with tighter disease prevention measures going into effect, after six locally transmitted cases with unknown infection sources were reported in New Taipei City and Yilan County.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said that large outdoor events with more than 500 people and indoor events with more 100 people would be canceled.
Event organizers have to obtain approval if they want to push through with the event, but participants must wear a mask at all times, are banned from eating and drinking, and must practice social distancing, he said.
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CECC delays start of school semester
SAFETY FIRST: As the semester was to start only two days after the Lunar New Year holiday, the ministry postponed it so that schools have time to disinfect their campuses
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that the first day of the new semester would be postponed to at least Feb. 22, so that schools would have more time to disinfect their campuses and prepare COVID-19 prevention measures.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the global spread of COVID-19 has slowed slightly, but the situation remains serious, so people should still practice personal protection measures.