New quarantine measures for far-sea fishermen due next week

Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/14/2020
By: Yang Su-min, Chang Ming-hsuan, and Chiang Yi-ching

Taipei, May 14 (CNA) A stricter set of quarantine measures for returning far-sea fishermen will go into effect on May 18, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.

The new measures, which were announced on May 1, require workers on far-sea fishing boats to undergo a 14-day period of mandatory quarantine on returning to Taiwan, either in individual rooms on their vessels or at a quarantine hotel, according to the CECC.

Only workers on ships that for the duration of their journey do not dock at any ports, undergo no crew changes, are not inspected at sea, or do not transfer their cargo to other ships, are exempted from this requirement.

A previous version of the regulation rolled out in April only required ships to meet the above conditions for the month prior to their return.    [FULL  STORY]