In-person tax filing partly suspended, financial services unaffected
05/15/2021 09:53 PM
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Taipei, May 15 (CNA) National tax offices in northern Taiwan will stop accepting in-person filing of income tax, but financial services will maintain normal operations on Monday, according to government statements.
Because of the recent surge in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement released on Saturday that national tax offices in Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan and Yilan will not handle in-person tax filing until May 28.
The ministry also noted on Wednesday that the deadline for filing individual and corporate income tax for 2020 has been extended from May 31 to June 30.
COVID-19 patient in Kaohsiung visited supermarket, gym: CECC
05/15/2021 08:31 PM
Workers at the supermarket prepare the store for disinfection on Friday. CNA photo May 14, 2021
Taipei/Kaohsiung, May 15 (CNA) A female COVID-19 patient whose father has also tested positive for COVID-19 visited a supermarket and a gym in Kaohsiung before she was confirmed to have contracted the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday.
The woman, who is in her 30s, had traveled from Taipei on the No. 127 Puyuma Express train on May 9 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:09 p.m. and on the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Red Line from Kaohsiung Main Station to Siaogang Station later that evening, the CECC said.
Religious services inside worship sites suspended nationwide
05/15/2021 10:03 PM
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Taipei, May 15 (CNA) Activities such as religious processions and prayers carried out inside places of worship, including temples, churches and mosques, have been suspended nationwide until June 8, Deputy Interior Minister Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥) said Saturday.
His remarks came after the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) raised the COVID-19 alert level for Taipei and New Taipei to Level 3 that day as the country reported a record 180 new domestic infections.
In view of the current COVID-19 situation in Taiwan, Chen said worshipers will not be allowed the enter the religious establishments, but will be able to carry out their worship outside the buildings, provided that they register their contact information to facilitate quick contact tracing, he added.
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People wait in lines to get a COVID-19 test in a testing site set up in Taipei. CNA photo May 15, 2021
Taipei, May 15 (CNA) An additional 180 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases reported Saturday were scattered across seven cities and counties, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The number of confirmed cases represented a record high of infections in a single day since the pandemic began.
The CECC said Taipei and New Taipei in northern Taiwan remained hot spots for the disease, reporting 89 cases and 75 cases, respectively, Changhua County in central Taiwan registered six, Yilan County in the east and Taoyuan in the north registered four each, while Keelung in the north and Taichung in central Taiwan recorded one each.
COVID-19: CECC reports 180 local infections
RAISED ALERT: If an average of 100 cases are reported for 14 consecutive days, a level 4 warning would be issued and travel restricted, Chen Shih-chung said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 185 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 180 locally transmitted cases and five imported cases.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the 180 local infections included 58 men and 112 women, aged from under five years old to older than 80, and the onset of symptoms occurred between April 23 and Friday.
The confirmed cases include 89 residents of Taipei, 75 residents of New Taipei City, six from Changhua County, four in Yilan County and Taoyuan, and one each in Taichung and Keelung, he said.