Kaohsiung, Dec. 24 (CNA) A Philippine national in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, has been fined for violating self-health management protocols after the city government discovered that she had gone out to eat hotpot with friends before receiving her COVID-19 test result.
U.S. Department of Defense and United Airlines conduct study and find the risk of exposure to coronavirus on commercial airlines is virtually nonexistent ; Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas reports.
The government of Taiwan has issued a fine of 1 million New Taiwan dollars ($35,500) to EVA Air after one of the airline’s pilots was blamed for the country s first locally transmitted COVID-19 case since April.
The pilot, originally from New Zealand, had recently been fired from EVA Air over the offense. EVA Air has always abided by the government’s epidemic prevention policies, and most crew members also followed the epidemic prevention regulations, the airline said earlier this week, as reported by Reuters. However, the behavior of an individual employee has undermined everyone’s efforts at epidemic prevention.
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2020/12/24 15:33 Chen Shih-chung. (YouTube, CDC screenshot) Chen Shih-chung. (YouTube, CDC screenshot) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has denied rumors that Taiwan s newest local coronavirus case ran in the Taipei Marathon, stating that all of her contacts have tested negative for the virus. On Thursday afternoon (Dec. 23), health minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) dispelled rumors that Case No. 771 had run in the Taipei Marathon on Sunday (Dec. 20). Chen adamantly said, We want to make it clear that this did not happen, and described reports that she had participated in the marathon as false information. Earlier that day, CT Want had alleged that the female Quanta employee had taken part in Sunday s marathon, which saw over 28,000 participants. CT Want also included a screenshot of a notification purportedly from a printing company claiming that the woman had
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