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Taipei, Feb. 3 (CNA) Parents with young children can take family care leave from Feb. 18-21 as a government response measure after it announced the postponement of the reopening of schools at the high school level and below following the winter break for four days to Feb. 22 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) said Wednesday.
Pan said either of the parents can take family leave if he or she has a child under the age of 12 during the four-day period.
A parent who needs to take care of a child with disability certification currently studying at high school or vocational high school, and those in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd years of five-year college programs can also take family leave, he added.
Taipei mulls lifting Indonesian entry ban
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan is considering lifting an entry ban on Indonesian migrant workers if demand for workers from the Southeast Asian country requires it, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), said on Tuesday.
In December last year, an indefinite ban on the recruitment of Indonesian migrant workers was imposed, as the reliability of the country’s COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests was questioned.
Indonesian officials have since discussed the matter with Taiwanese representatives in the country, and the representatives asked Indonesia to provide a list of certified PCR testing facilities there.
2021/02/03 14:48 Health worker takes nasal swab sample for coronavirus test in Denpasar, Bali on Feb. 2, 2021. Health worker takes nasal swab sample for coronavirus test in Denpasar, Bali on Feb. 2, 2021. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (Feb. 3) confirmed two new imported cases of the Wuhan coronavirus. On Wednesday, health minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced two new imported coronavirus cases, raising the total number of cases in Taiwan to 917. The latest infections are both Indonesian men who came to work in the fishing industry. Each had submitted a negative test result taken within three days of his flight, and each was sent directly to a quarantine hotel upon arrival in Taiwan. Neither experienced symptoms of the virus during their quarantines.
CECC delays start of school semester
SAFETY FIRST: As the semester was to start only two days after the Lunar New Year holiday, the ministry postponed it so that schools have time to disinfect their campuses
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that the first day of the new semester would be postponed to at least Feb. 22, so that schools would have more time to disinfect their campuses and prepare COVID-19 prevention measures.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the global spread of COVID-19 has slowed slightly, but the situation remains serious, so people should still practice personal protection measures.