China News Service, May 18th. According to Taiwan media reports, the epidemic situation in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan has been upgraded to Level 3 alert, and public and private schools below high school, tuition classes, and after-school care centers will all be suspended from the 18th to 28th.
Some schools in Taichung and Changhua have also announced the suspension of classes in response to the epidemic in the community.
Public places such as the Little Arena and the Observation Deck on the 89th floor of Taipei 101 have also been closed.
Taipei City and New Taipei City have been upgraded to Level 3 alert, and all schools below high school will be closed from the 18th to the 28th.
Photo source: Photo by reporter Pei Zhen of Taiwan's "Central News Agency"
The "Pandemic Epidemic Command Center" of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 17th that there were 333 newly confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan and 2 cases of imported cases from abroad.
Since the 11th, the number of confirmed cases in Taiwan has reached 784.
Previously, Taipei City had closed 10 categories of specific industries including bars, gyms and other leisure and entertainment venues, community activities had ceased to be handed over, and movie theaters, stadiums, concert halls, museums, amusement parks, etc. were closed.
Large-scale performances at the Little Arena and Taipei Pop Music Center have also been cancelled or postponed.
In order to cooperate with anti-epidemic measures, the observation deck on the 89th floor of Taipei 101 also announced that it will be closed until May 28.