The United States and Taiwan have discussed ways to bring an end to the Covid-19 pandemic, while Taipei has appealed for support in securing vaccine doses from America to help it fight a local outbreak that saw 557 new cases and 19 deaths reported on Friday. Hsiao Bi-khim, Taipei’s de facto ambassador to the US, spoke to two officials from.
A ban on overseas tours organized by Taiwanese travel agents remains in place, the Tourism Bureau said on Wednesday in reaction to a travel operator who advertised a 21-day trip to the US, promising that participants would get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Los Angeles.
Agents who contravene the rules would be fined up to NT$150,000, and their operating license might be revoked, the bureau said.
The agent said that the tour would be “a business opportunity,” adding that vaccinations should be Taiwan’s top priority amid a surge of the COVID-19 cases.
There is still a risk of contracting the virus, despite a nationwide
COVID-19: Yulon expects COVID-19 restrictions to hurt sales
AUTO CHIP SHORTAGE: Yulon Nissan and Luxgen Motor have raised their chip inventories, so there would not be a supply issue until July, Yulon Motor’s vice president said
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Yulon Nissan Motor Co (裕隆日產), which distributes Nissan and Infiniti vehicles in Taiwan, yesterday said that a spike in COVID-19 infections would dent local automobile sales this quarter as people are opting to stay at home amid restrictions on public movement.
“We expect the pandemic to impact car sales in May, June and July. At this stage, it is premature to say how big the impact will be,” Yulon Nissan spokesman Joseph Hsiung (熊金鐸) told an online investors’ meeting. “It will hinge on whether the government will impose more stringent measures to curb the infections.”
EDITORIAL: Turning a new leaf on teahouses
Ever since the Central Epidemic Command Center on May 12 announced the first two COVID-19 cases linked to hostess “teahouses” in Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華), it seems as though everyone has an opinion or joke to share about “person-to-person contact.” Yet as Wanhua emerges as the epicenter of the outbreak, it shows how the complicated industry is far from a joke.
At the teahouses in question, known as
A-gong diam (阿公店) in Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese), hostesses, older than 40 on average, accompany predominantly male patrons in drinking, singing karaoke and chatting, and they sometimes also offer sexual services.