Longer quarantine, more COVID-19 testing mandated for CAL flight crews
05/06/2021 07:58 PM
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Troops disinfecting China Airline s complex in Taoyuan after a COVID-19 outbreak involving the carrier s pilots. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 6 (CNA) Pilots and flight attendants with Taiwan s flagship carrier, China Airlines (CAL), are now required to quarantine for five days instead of three on arrival, and they will be tested more often for COVID-19, health authorities said Thursday.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said it was revising its protocols for CAL flight crews amid an outbreak of COVID-19 among them, which has now reached 12 cases.
Taiwan to expand COVID-19 vaccination to military, seniors
05/06/2021 06:59 PM
CNA file photo
Taipei, May 6 (CNA) Taiwan s COVID-19 vaccination program will be expanded, with effect from May 10, to include all military personnel and Taiwanese residents aged 65 or above, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.
Military personnel to be granted eligibility include all members of the armed forces as well as those who serve in civilian posts in the military and national security units.
An estimated 208,000 people are in this group, while there are around 3.485 million Taiwanese residents aged 65 and older, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, said during a press briefing.
CECC tightens rules for CAL crews
‘DOWN TO ZERO’: Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said quarantine periods for long-haul CAL flight crews are to be lengthened from three to five days
By Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNA
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced longer quarantine restrictions for China Airlines (CAL, 華航) flight crew, after another confirmed COVID-19 case brought the total in a cluster linked to the airline to 29.
The push is part of a broader effort by the center to bring cases in the cluster “down to zero,” said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC.
Sixth COVID-19 case confirmed at Taoyuan airport hotel
05/06/2021 04:25 PM
CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 6 (CNA) Another employee at an airport hotel in Taoyuan has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number of cases in a cluster linked to the hotel and the Taiwanese carrier China Airlines (CAL) to 29, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.
The employee, a Taiwanese man in his 30s, works as a technician at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel and has no recent travel history, which means the case has been classified as a domestic infection, the CECC said.