Mistake resulted from botched reminder of 8 days crucial to fight against coronavirus: CTiTV
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/03/28
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
While the island nation’s number of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases has been rising steadily, reaching 283 on Saturday, the authorities have not announced any local or national lockdowns.
However, on Saturday morning, a message appeared on the screen of a CTiTV news program saying Taiwan was counting down six days to a lockdown, CNA reported. Viewers alerted the National Communications Commission (NCC), which said it would discuss the incident, though it remains to be seen whether it will fine the station. [FULL STORY]