Taiwan may raise Covid-19 alert, shut non-essential shops | Malay Mail

Customers wear protective masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease while shopping at a market in Taipei, Taiwan, January 10, 2021. — Reuters picTAIPEI, May 12 — Taiwan may raise its Covid-19 alert level in “coming days”, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, according to the official Central News Agency, which would lead to closure of shops dealing in non-essential items as infections rise.

Describing the situation as “very serious”, Chen told parliament the level could be lifted a notch to 3, limiting gatherings to five people indoors and 10 outdoors, as well as closing of non-essential businesses.President Tsai Ing-wen will hold a news conference on the coronavirus on Wednesday afternoon.

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