Taipei Times
Date: Feb 27, 2020
By: Su Yung-yao and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
.President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday announced that she had suspended preparations for
President Tsai Ing-wen announces that she has signed into law the Special Act on COVID-19 Prevention, Relief and Restoration at the Presidential Office in Taipei on Tuesday.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
Any further plans regarding the inauguration would be made according to suggestions offered by the Central Epidemic Command Center, she said in a statement on Facebook.
Preventing the spread of the disease is the government’s top priority, Tsai said, adding that the inauguration — scheduled for May 20 — would only be held under certain conditions.
The government would temporarily halt preparations for the event, pending changes in the epidemic situation, she said. [FULL STORY]
