Focus Taiwan
Date: 03/06/2020
By: William Yen

The National Concert Hall undergoing sanitation procedures on Friday. (Photo courtesy of the National Performing Arts Center)

Taipei, March 6 (CNA) The National Theater and Concert Hall (NTCH) will be temporarily shut down for disinfection, the performing arts center said Friday, after an Australian composer and violist who performed there was diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease a day earlier.

All performances at the National Concert Hall were canceled on Friday and will also be canceled over the weekend, while the National Theater Hall will cancel its events on Saturday and Sunday as disinfection takes place, according to the center.

The National Theater and Concert Hall will resume operations on Monday.

NTCH General and Artistic Director Liu Yi-ju (劉怡汝) said disinfection was carried out throughout the concert hall on Friday, including the front desk, backstage, the green room, auditoriums and all shops and restaurants.    [FULL  STORY]