(Fighting against New Crown Pneumonia) Taiwan Taoyuan Airport MRT ticket box revenue decreased by NT $ 100 million per month
China News Agency, Taipei, May 4 (Liu Kunyi, chairman of Taiwan Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit Corporation) said on the 4th that due to the impact of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, the company's average monthly box office revenue decreased by about 100 million yuan (NTD, the same below).
According to reports from Taiwanese media such as Central News Agency and United News Network, according to Liu Kunyi, the average daily traffic volume of the Taoyuan Airport MRT in 2019 is 76,000. Among them, the average daily traffic volume of the two terminal stations of the airport is 38,000, and the average monthly ticket box revenue is 100 million yuan, accounting for two-thirds of the total ticket box revenue. However, since February, when the authorities started to implement immigration control and the gradual upgrade of travel warnings, the number of passengers has dropped rapidly, and the total box office revenue has decreased by about 100 million yuan a month.
Liu Kunyi said that he hopes to overcome the difficulties through measures such as "Festival, Open Source, and Sales". Since April, the company has adjusted the "off-peak time" of direct trains and reviewed the operating expenses. It is expected to save 55.01 million yuan. The company also plans to join hands with merchants along the MRT to launch online ordering and station pickup services to increase revenue.
According to Taiwan's "epidemic epidemic command center" announced on the 4th, a new confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia was added in Taiwan.
The case went to school in the United States from January 30, and returned to Taiwan on April 9 asymptomatic. During the home quarantine, passengers on the same flight were diagnosed and were changed to home isolation; on April 27, the health unit was notified of symptoms such as runny nose. The inspection was weakly positive, and was admitted to the negative pressure isolation ward on April 30; three additional inspections were performed and the diagnosis was confirmed on May 4.
At present, a total of 437 cases have been diagnosed in Taiwan, of which 6 people died, 334 people were released from quarantine, and the rest are still in hospital.
Affected by the epidemic, the people of Taiwan have reduced their willingness to seek medical treatment. Statistics from Changhua Christian Hospital found that the number of outpatients for asthma in the hospital decreased by 20%, and the number of people taking prescriptions for chronic diseases also decreased by 10%. The doctor urged the public not to stop the medicine without authorization, so as not to worsen the disease. (Finish)