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Reporter Chen Zhengyu / Taipei Report
Since mid-April this year, China has had no local cases for 253 consecutive days. In this regard, the New Taipei City Government noted today (22) that it will stop all outdoor gathering activities (including product sales) in Christmas City and will no longer accept applications.
▲ From now on, New Taipei Christmas City will stop all outdoor gathering activities. (Photo / provided by New Taipei City Government)
In response to the resurgence of the local epidemic, Zhang Qiqiang from the New Taipei City Tourism and Tourism Bureau stated that, effective immediately, all outdoor gathering activities (including product promotions) in the City of New Taipei Christmas will be suspended and applications will no longer be accepted. During the Christmas City event until January 3 next year, it will remain open and will not be affected.
Zhang Qiqiang pointed out that before the event, New Taipei Christmas Town had presented an epidemic prevention plan, which will be implemented in stages according to changes in the epidemic, and will be reviewed by the government health bureau. The follow-up will depend on the Central Epidemic Command Center to announce the status of the epidemic and the New Taipei City epidemic. If there is any change, it will be evaluated at any time and, based on professional judgment, will stop when it should stop.
The New Beiguan Tourism Office further explained that outdoor gatherings in Christmas Town refer to temporary product press conferences or product promotion meetings that are all suspended, if the subsequent epidemic is stable and there are no cases of local regeneration, will be resumed according to the evaluation of the Health Office. But the existing container houses, the light sculpture show, the light gallery, etc. continue to function as usual.
▲ Regarding whether New Year’s Eve activities will be suspended, Chen Shizhong said that he will speak with the county and city governments in the evening before advising him. (Photo / provided by the command center)
There are nine days left before the end of the year activities to the end of the year. Today, a local case was suddenly announced (Case 771). Chen Shizhong told an epidemic press conference that the local case cannot find the source of infection. Therefore, activities such as the end of the year will not stop but will be mandatory. Wear masks, discuss austerity and other issues, whether it’s to scale down New Year’s Eve and New Year’s activities, and discuss with county and city governments at night before warning you.
Case 771 is a case of 765 friends (a woman in her 30s) announced on December 20 of this year. As it was reported that the 765 case could not remember the exact history of activities and did not mention having had contact with the 771 case, the police were notified on December 21. The political unit investigated the activity trajectory of Case 765 and found that Case 765 had close contacts with Case 771 from December 7 to 12, for which it was classified as a contact, the health unit ordered an inspection the same day and was diagnosed today.
The command center stated that failing to honestly report the contact history and activity history of Case 765 during the epidemic investigation may violate the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act. In accordance with article 43 of the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Law, patients with infectious diseases or suspected infectious diseases must not reject, evade or obstruct relevant inspections, investigations and disposals; if there is indeed a denial, evasion or obstruction, the health unit may impose a fine of NT $ 60,000 to NT $ 300,000 in accordance with the provisions of article 67, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3 of the same law.
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