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THE BAN ON TRAVELERS FROM TAIWAN WAS ABRUPTLY IMPOSED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS PART OF THE PHILIPPINES" ONE-CHINA POLICY AFTER IT ISSUED A SIMILAR BAN ON TRAVELERS FROM CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU ON FEB. 2 TO PREVENT THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC FROM REACHING THE PHILIPPINES.
TAIPEI, FEB. 11 (CNA) TAIWAN"S CENTRAL EPIDEMIC COMMAND CENTER (CECC) ON TUESDAY EXTENDED ITS HIGHEST TRAVEL WARNING TO HONG KONG AND MACAU WHILE RAISING THE ALERT LEVEL FOR SINGAPORE AND THAILAND AS THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-NCOV), WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE CHINESE CITY OF WUHAN, CONTINUES TO SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD.
TO SOLVE THE SITUATION, TAIWANESE TRAVEL AGENCIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING THE GATE88 RESTAURANT IN TAICHUNG, HAVE DESIGNED STICKERS PRINTED WITH "TAIWAN" AND "I AM TAIWANESE" TO HELP CITIZENS TRAVEL MORE SMOOTHLY. THE OWNER OF GATE88 JIANG MING-DE (江銘德), WHO IS ALSO RUNNING A TRAVEL AGENCY, SAID THAT HE HAS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM MANY CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE "TAIWANESE-CHINESE" CONFUSION.
ACCORDING TO A COPY OF THE MESSAGE OBTAINED BY CNA, BANAYO SAID HE HAS PERSONALLY CONVEYED TO THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE THE FACT THAT TAIWAN"S HEALTH PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND SENT THE PRESIDENT A FACT SHEET ON HOW TAIWAN"S GOVERNMENT IS CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF THE CONTAGION.
TAIPEI (REUTERS) - TAIWAN URGED THE PHILIPPINES ON TUESDAY TO LIFT A TRAVEL BAN ON ITS CITIZENS AFTER PHILIPPINE AIRLINES CANCELED FLIGHTS TO TAIWAN FOLLOWING A GOVERNMENT BAN ON ALL FOREIGNERS TRAVELING FROM THE ISLAND TO HELP CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE BAN, HOWEVER, WILL NOT APPLY TO PEOPLE ON BUSINESS CONTRACTS, INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO TAIWAN, OR RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG AND MACAU WHO HOLD TAIWAN RESIDENT PERMITS, THEIR SPOUSES, AND MINOR CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO THE CECC.
ADDITIONALLY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT TAIWAN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL VERSION OF THE TRAVEL BAN, THE AFFECTED WORKERS WERE UNABLE TO COLLECT PHP10,000 (US$197.8) COMPENSATION GRANTS FROM THE COUNTRY"S OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION, THE NETWORK REPORTED.
THE DOLE EARLIER SAID THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE PHP10,000 CASH ASSISTANCE TO AN OFW AFFECTED BY THE TRAVEL BAN TO CHINA, MACAO, AND HONG KONG AS PART OF THE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS-ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE (2019-NCOV ARD) OUTBREAK.
NEW ZEALAND SAID IT HAS BANNED FOREIGNERS TRAVELLING FROM MAINLAND CHINA. THE BAN APPLIES TO ANYONE WHO IS TRAVELLING FROM OR HAS TRANSITED THROUGH CHINA. THE TRAVEL BAN WILL BE IN PLACE FOR 14 DAYS BEGINNING FEBRUARY 2.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) SAID ON THURSDAY THAT THE AGENCY IS NOT THE ONE THAT RECOMMENDED THE TRAVEL BAN ON TRAVELLERS COMING FROM TAIWAN.
TAIPEI (TAIWAN NEWS) – TRAVELERS WERE ADVISED NOT TO VISIT THE CHINESE PROVINCE OF HUBEI AFTER THE MAINLAND AFFAIRS COUNCIL (MAC) UPGRADED THE WARNING LEVEL FOR THAT REGION TO RED TUESDAY (JAN. 28).
“WE CALL ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CLARIFY THE REASON BEHIND THE INCLUSION OF TAIWAN IN THE TRAVEL BAN,” PANGILINAN SAID IN A STATEMENT. “IS THE BAN DUE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS? ARE THERE HEALTH RISKS POSED FOR FILIPINOS GOING TO AND COMING FROM TAIWAN?”
THERE ARE FOUR TOUR GROUPS OF 56 MEMBERS FROM WUHAN AND FOUR OF 63 PEOPLE FROM HUBEI IN TAIWAN, LIU SAID, AND THE BUREAU WILL ASK TRAVEL AGENCIES TO ASSESS WHETHER TO LET THEM LEAVE TAIWAN EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED.
MEANWHILE, OLALIA SAID IN A RADIO INTERVIEW THAT POEA WILL ALSO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE PROCESSING OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE (OECS) OF OFWS TO TAIWAN. THE POEA HAS ALREADY DIRECTED AGENCIES TO INFORM EMPLOYERS OF OFWS WHO ARE SCHEDULED TO LEAVE THAT THERE WILL BE A DELAY IN THEIR TRAVEL BECAUSE OF THE TRAVEL BAN. THOSE SCHEDULED TO LEAVE FOR TAIWAN WERE ALLOWED TO DO SO PRIOR TO DOH』S FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
DOZENS OF COMMERCIAL CARRIERS HAVE CUT BACK OR HALTED FLIGHTS TO CHINA, AND SEVERAL HOTEL CHAINS HAVE SAID THEY WILL ALLOW CANCELLATIONS BY CHINESE TRAVELLERS. MAJOR COMPANIES SUCH AS GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK HAVE BANNED TRAVEL TO THE COUNTRY, WHILE INTERNATIONAL RETAILERS SUCH AS STARBUCKS AND APPLE HAVE SHUT STORES.

 

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