Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) The government has announced travel incentives to get people to travel north rather than south during the Lunar New Year holiday and reduce traffic congestion during the period.
At Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. CNA photo Jan. 24, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport said Tuesday that it might handle only 500 visitors each day around the Feb. 8-13 Lunar New Year holiday period, down 99 percent year-on-year.
As Taiwan tightened its border controls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the airport expects business to decline, said Lin Kuo-hsien (林國顯), chairman of Taoyuan International Airport Corp., which runs the airport.
There will be no extra flights added to the cross-Taiwan Strait routes during the Lunar New Year holiday, unlike has been the case in previous years, to help overseas Taiwanese return home for family reunions, according to the airport.
Public urged to take advantage of remaining 400,000 free flu shots
01/26/2021 07:35 PM
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Lee Ping-ing, a doctor at National Taiwan University Hospital, who is also the convener of the health ministry s vaccine advisory group, speaks about the flu vaccine during a press briefing. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) More than 400,000 government funded influenza vaccine shots remain available for those in Taiwan who have not received a flu shot since the flu season began last November, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Tuesday.
Starting Saturday, the remaining flu shots will be available to Taiwan nationals and foreign nationals with permanent residency who have not yet been vaccinated, except for infants under 6 months old, the CECC said in a statement, calling these people to take advantage of the free shots.
One imported case confirmed
FLU SHOTS: The Central Epidemic Command Center said that, starting on Saturday, government-funded flu vaccines are to be available for everyone
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported one new imported case of COVID-19, and said that 3,262 people associated with a cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital have been placed in home isolation.
Yesterday, there were no new domestic cases, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
However, on Jan. 6, a Taiwanese man in his 40s tested positive for COVID-19 while in Mexico, Chen said, adding that the man quarantined in a hotel and then a hospital before gaining approval on Saturday last week to return to Taiwan for treatment on a medical charter flight.