Indonesia freezes export of workers to Taiwan, Japan
01/09/2021 09:34 PM
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Jakarta, Jan. 9 (CNA) Indonesia said Saturday that it has suspended labor export to Taiwan and Japan, in response to their entry ban against Indonesian migrant workers.
The suspension will take effect immediately and will remain in place until further notice, Eva Trisiana, director of Overseas Workers Placement and Protection under Indonesia s Ministry of Manpower, told CNA.
Indonesian workers who are currently filing applications to go to Taiwan and Japan will have to rearrange their schedules, she said, citing a notice issued Thursday to the relevant government agencies by the Ministry of Manpower.
Guam. CNA file photo
Jakarta/Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) A Taiwan-bound humanitarian charter flight has been arranged for Jan. 11 to transport about 50 passengers who are either in need of medical care or stranded on the islands of Guam and Saipan, Taiwan s representative office in Guam said on Wednesday.
The planned flight, first reported by the Guam Daily Post earlier Wednesday, will be operated by China Airlines, one of Taiwan s major carriers.
It will carry Guam residents seeking off-island medical treatment and Taiwanese nationals stranded in the United States territory due to COVID-19-triggered unemployment, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Guam told CNA.
Carnaby Street, London. CNA photo Dec. 23, 2020
Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways said Wednesday that their suspension of direct flights to London will continue through February, due to the escalation of the COVID-19 situation in the United Kingdom.
The extension followed a decision in December 2020 by the two airlines to cancel all direct passenger and cargo flights between Taoyuan and London for the month of January.
On Wednesday, CAL said the suspension of its flights between the two cities will carry over into February because the U.K. was battling a new, highly infectious variant of the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Taipei, Jan. 1 (CNA) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday that of the passengers with a recent travel history to the United Kingdom, 106 had so far tested negative for COVID-19 upon completion of their mandatory 14-day quarantine.
According to the CECC, starting Dec. 13, anyone who either transit through or return from the U.K., are required to be tested again for COVID-19 prior to the end of their quarantine period due to the recent worsening coronavirus developments there.
Some 111 U.K. arrivals have so far been tested, while the results of five others have yet to be confirmed, deputy chief of the CECC s medical response division Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞) said at a press event in Taipei.