Taichung company suspends all operations due to coronavirus scare

Focus Taiwan
Date: 02/18/2020
By: Chen Wei-ting, Chen Yi-hsuan and Ko Lin

Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) A company in Taichung's Tanzi District said it has suspended all business Tuesday until March 1 after a family member of one of its employees was confirmed as having contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The workers have been instructed to go home and self-quarantine, during which time the company will not take any orders or ship any products, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

According to local news reports, the company was thoroughly disinfected by Taichung Environmental Protection Bureau earlier in the day, with some speculating that it is in the woodworking sector.

Taiwan officials declined to confirm if the employee mentioned in the company's statement was a family member of a 61-year-old man who offered limousine service, who on Sunday became Taiwan's first death from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).    [FULL  STORY]