Financial services to stay open amid level 3 alert
NO IN-PERSON FILING: Tax offices in the north would only offer other services, and scheduled shareholders’ meetings would implement virus curbs, authorities said
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Banks, insurers and brokerages in Taipei and New Taipei City are to open as normal tomorrow, the Financial Supervisory Commission said on Saturday.
All financial service providers have been instructed to ensure uninterrupted customer services while following the cities’ tightened disease prevention measures, the commission said.
The announcement came after the Central Epidemic Command Center raised the COVID-19 alert for the two cities to level 3 through Friday next week, calling on the public to avoid unnecessary travel, activities and gatherings, banning indoor gatherings of more than five people and outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people, and implementing sector-specific rules
4 schools in Taipei s Wanhua to close amid rising local COVID-19 cases
05/16/2021 08:48 PM
Chemical warfare troups in Taipei Municipal LongShan Elementary School. CNA photo May 16, 2021
Taipei, May 16 (CNA) Amid a rise in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the Taipei City government on Sunday announced that four elementary schools in the city s Wanhua District will close for one week from Monday in an effort to curb the rapid spread of the virus in the district.
The four elementary schools are Taipei Municipal Lao-Song Elementary School, Taipei Municipal LongShan Elementary School, Taipei Municipal Ying-Qiao Elementary School and Taipei Municipal ShuangYuan Elementary School.
Meanwhile, ninth graders and 12th graders at high schools in the Taipei and New Taipei will be allowed to move to remote learning instead of going to school in person, also starting Monday.
COVID-19: Name, number on MRT cards helps tracing: CECC
PITCHING IN: Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said that only 30 percent of electronic ticket cards have the user’s name and contact information
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Commuters should ensure that their EasyCard, iPass and other electronic ticket cards have their name and telephone number on them for better contact tracing for COVID-19, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that local officials voiced concern about people spreading the virus on their commute between Taipei and New Taipei City, as most of them take the cities’ MRT railway or public bus systems.
COVID-19: Care facilities get tips for staying strong
ADEQUATE CAPACITY: CECC specialist advisory panel convener Chang Shan-chwen said the panel recommends that all healthcare facilities ‘reduce their operational load’
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced four strategies that would enable healthcare facilities to better maintain adequate capacity for treating COVID-19.
CECC specialist advisory panel convener Chang Shan-chwen (張上淳) said that while COVID-19 case numbers are growing fast, the panel suggests that all healthcare facilities “reduce their operational load.”
For example, Internet-based consultations or telemedicine can be used for follow-ups with patients with a stable chronic disease and for prescriptions, while non-urgent or unnecessary surgeries, examinations and other medical services should be postponed, he said.
People walk along Marina Bay promenade at night in Singapore on May 15, 2021 a day before the country is tightening restrictions as a preventive measure againsts the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus cases. - AFP SINGAPORE/TAIPEI, May 16 (Bloomberg): Singapore and Taiwan, success stories in containing Covid-19, are both rapidly imposing aggressive restrictions at home - and tightening travel between each other.
In Taiwan, authorities encouraged people to stay at home this weekend after a record 180 new local cases were reported Saturday. Indoor family and social gatherings in Taipei will be limited to five people, while outdoor ones will be restricted to 10.