The Taichung City Govt is asking all person hosting bars and dance halls to suspend operations included in an administrative order from the Central Epidemic Command Middle (CECC), the city explained last night.

The CECC with Wednesday issued the buy after the hostess in Taipei screened positive for SARS-CoV-2, the herpes virus that causes COVID-19.

Individuals or perhaps institutions that breach this order encounter fines connected with NT$3, 500 to NT$15, 000, throughout accordance with the Contagieux Disease Control Act (傳染病防治法), the municipality said.


Cops and participants of the Taichung Metropolis Government gather exterior some sort of nightclub in Taichung in an undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of the Taichung Metropolis Govt

Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said that similar businesses — KTVs, saunas, bars, discos, “special service” cafes and arcades — are to continue for you to follow avoidance guidelines, this sort of as wearing face masks, accepting temperatures and observing sociable distancing.


The government is additionally improving new regulations for the establishments to record the names and telephone numbers regarding customers upon admittance.

성남풀싸롱 mentioned that the new laws are being set up not necessarily just because of the person hosting case in Taipei, but because of similar cases previously.

The higher consumer turnover from these kind of organizations makes it hard to track individual customers, putting to the difficulty connected with ailment prevention and maximizing the chance of local cluster bacterial infections, Lu said.

The metropolis recognizes often the concerns coming from the administration of the businesses, yet it requires them all for their understanding and acquiescence in these seeking periods, Lu said.

Corporations just need to take special steps to keep public health in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lu added.

Meanwhile, hostess pubs on Wednesday shut down beginning for establishment-wide disinfection right after the Taipei Department involving Health visited regarding typically the member of staff.

Hostesses typically appear from thirdparty companies together with do not have position contracts with the host or hostess discos themselves, a supply said, including that the particular hostess who tried positive had been dispatched additional bars.