PublishTime：2021-05-11
On
May 11, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that in
response to the increased risk of community transmission caused by local
cases of unknown sources of infection in Taiwan, it would raise
epidemic warning to Level 2: Local Cases of Unknown Sources, effective
from today to June 8, a total of four weeks, and would impose
restrictions on personal activities, going out, gatherings, business
venues, public transportation and other related measures. Related
restrictions and measures are listed below.
1. Members of the public
should avoid crowded venues and to wear a mask at places with high risks
of infection and transmission. Those who do not wear face masks may be
fined.
2. Organizers of gatherings and activities should adopt
measures that ensure social distancing and mask-wearing, use partitions,
keep a record of participants' contact information, take temperatures,
sanitize environments, and institute crowd flow control, capacity limits
and route arrangement. Organizers failing to adopt these measures
should cancel their activities.
3. In principle, organizers
should cancel outdoor activities of more than 500 people and indoor
activities of more than 100 people. However, if organizers of such
gatherings and activities can arrange designated seats for participants
and spare a seat from the next participant; keep a record of
participants' contact information; ensure participants wear masks all
the time; and prohibit consumption of food and beverages, organizers may
hold such events after submitting disease prevention plans to the local
regulatory authority and obtaining permission.
4. Business
owners and public venue management units should take measures that
ensure social distancing and mask-wearing, use partitions, keep a record
of customers' contact information, take temperatures, sanitize
environments, and institute crowd flow control, capacity limits and
route arrangement. Those failing to take these measures should suspend
their business. When necessary, entertainment and leisure businesses and
public areas will be closed.
5. Food and beverage service owners
should keep a record of customers' contact information;
sanitize/disinfect environments regularly; ensure staff members wear
masks, maintain hand hygiene, take customers' temperatures, sanitize
customers' hands, provide serving utensils, and provide assistance in
other personal protective measures for customers; and install partitions
between customers. Members of the public are advised to choose takeout
at food and beverage service venues failing to adopt these measures.
6.
Consumption of food and beverages is prohibited on Taiwan High Speed
Rail (THSR) trains, Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) trains, and
intercity buses. Starting May 15, no standing ticket shall be sold on
THSR intercity trains and TRA intercity trains.