All contacts of a COVID-19 case linked to a cluster infection at a quarantine hotel in Taoyuan have so far tested negative for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
The person was considered a major concern in the cluster because they had already left quarantine before testing positive for COVID-19, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
The Taiwanese man, who returned from China on Nov. 20, had tested negative for COVID-19 upon arrival as well as prior to the end of his quarantine, but another test he took seven days after
RULING OUT CASES: Four hundred people identified as contacts of a man linked to a quarantine hotel cluster infection in Taoyuan have tested negative, the CECC said/ Staff writer, with CNA
The organizers of the Taipei Marathon are to conduct carbon footprint verification for the first time in the event’s history this year, as the Taipei City Government is seeking to reduce carbon emissions with the goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) said yesterday.
The organizers have tasked the British Standards Institute with measuring carbon emissions, Tsai told a news conference ahead of tomorrow’s event.
The data would be used as a reference in the event’s efforts to reduce emissions by 3 percent every year until it meets the city’s requirements in 2050, he said.
Taiwan’s net-zero
Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) Taipei's historic district of Wanhua will be aglow Friday for the start of the postponed 2021 Taipei Lantern Festival, with a two-story-tall dancing robot ox lantern taking center stage at the 10-day event.
Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華) is to be aglow today with the start of the postponed Taipei Lantern Festival, with a two-story-tall dancing lantern in the form of a robot ox to take center stage at the 10-day event.
The 6m installation, which weighs about 100kg and represents the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac, is the first large-scale dancing lantern to be featured at the festival, which runs until Dec. 26, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) said yesterday.
The lantern which has been named “New,” a homonym of niu (牛), the Chinese character for cow and ox