CAUTION URGED:Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lun said that the government would also focus on educating people about preventing the spread of the new virus
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 23, 2020
By: Liu Ching-hou and Shelley Shan / Staff reporters, with CNA
The Immigration Agency yesterday said that it had cancelled the entry permits for all 429 people in
Workers yesterday sanitize the arrivals area of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s Terminal 2 as a precaution against the 2019 novel coronavirus, which could be brought in by travelers during the Lunar New Year peak travel period.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
The agency said that it would suspend the review of applications from Wuhan to attend to professional matters, do business, have a health checkup or undergo cosmetic surgery.
The agency reminded residents of China’s Hubei Province that they would not be allowed for the time being to visit any of the nation’s outlying islands on “small three links” visas.
It called on Chinese residents in the nation and those who have returned home for the Lunar New Year holiday to implement measures to protect themselves from the virus and stop its spread.
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