Health minister reveals mask-wearing regulations amid increased coronavirus cases

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/08/05
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) on Wednesday (Aug. 5) announced eight public settings where mask-wearing will be compulsory, in response to the country's increased coronavirus cases over the last few weeks.

Since late June, a few foreign nationals from Japan, Thailand, and Belgium have received a positive COVID test result after leaving Taiwan, all of them with unidentified sources of infection. Despite none of the cases' contacts have been confirmed with the virus, a growing concern has arisen from the public over potential undetected local infections.

During a CECC press conference Wednesday afternoon, Chen said the new regulations will take effect immediately, but no fines will be issued to violators for now. He expressed hope that the public will respect the regulations and continue to maintain social distancing as well as personal hygiene, reported Liberty Times.    [FULL  STORY]