(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Taiwan's No. 5 Diagnosis Chain Catering Customers Return to Temperature for 5 Consecutive Days

　　China News Agency, Taipei, May 12 (Taiwan ’s Epidemic Epidemic Command Center) announced on the 12th that there were no new cases of new coronary pneumonia diagnosed in Taiwan that day, which is the fifth consecutive day of zero confirmed diagnosis in Taiwan. At present, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Taiwan is 440, and there are no local confirmed cases for 30 consecutive days.

　　According to media reports from the Central News Agency, China Times Electronic News and other media, at the press conference that day, officials of the Epidemic Epidemic Command Center all removed their masks and added partitions between them to protect them. The command center said that it hopes to inform the public through the "demonstration of partitions", if they can maintain social distance or use partitions, they do not need to wear masks. It is hoped that the people will gradually "untie" through these flexible methods.

　　According to reports, the cultural authorities have begun planning the restart of cultural activities, and cultural activities may be reopened in June and July.

　　As the epidemic in Taiwan has slowed down, the island's large chain restaurant brands have seen a significant increase in passenger flow since the beginning of May, and their performance has clearly recovered during the May Day holiday and Mother's Day. For example, the number of visitors to Wangpin Group as of the 11th of this month has increased by 87.8% over the same period in April, and the number of visitors to restaurants under the Hanlai Food Group has recovered from 30% to more than 60% this month.

　　As the epidemic cools down, various parts of Taiwan have also relaxed or lifted restrictions on epidemic prevention. The Chiayi County Government decided on the 12th that its schools, including teachers, students and staff of kindergartens, will no longer be required to wear masks from now on. Penghu County announced on the 12th that it will lift the restrictions on docking of recreational boats and fishing vessels at ports in Penghu from other counties and cities in Taiwan on the 13th to promote the recovery of tourism. (Finish)