2021/01/06 13:57 Guam International Airport (Wikimedia, Paul Spijkers photo) Guam International Airport (Wikimedia, Paul Spijkers photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) China Airlines (CAL) will send a charter aircraft to Guam on Jan. 11 to pick up local residents unable to receive medical care elsewhere as well as Taiwanese citizens who lost their jobs in Guam and Saipan due to the coronavirus pandemic, reports said Wednesday (Jan. 6). About 50 passengers are expected to board the flight, organized by the Taiwanese representative office and by the government of the island territory, the Guam Daily Post reported. The Guamanian passengers are unable to receive adequate medical care locally or travel overseas due to the pandemic, while the Taiwanese passengers had been living in Guam and Saipan but had lost their work because of the virus.
Virus Outbreak: CECC to accept central quarantine applications
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
People who are returning to Taiwan and wish to stay at a centralized facility for their mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival can, starting tomorrow, apply online for a room, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
The CECC last week announced that starting from Friday next week, inbound passengers would not only have to provide a negative COVID-19 result from a polymerase chain reaction test issued within three days before boarding a plane to Taiwan, but would also need to provide a quarantine location certification document.
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A promotional poster of Taiwanese pop band Mayday’s concert. CNA photo Dec. 31, 2020
Taoyuan, Jan. 6 (CNA) Seven people in Taoyuan, who breached COVID-19 protocols by attending a concert by the pop band Mayday on New Year s Eve, have been fined NT$30,000 (US$1,070) to NT$70,000 each, local health authorities said Wednesday.
In a news release, the Taoyuan Department of Public Health said the fines were imposed because the seven people were supposed to observing self-health management, which meant they were not allowed to visit crowded places, but instead they attended a large concert.
By mingling with the large crowds at the concert venue, the delinquents increased the risk of COVID-19 spread or community infection, the department said.