Taipei: Taiwan on Monday said it would temporarily halt the import of Indonesian migrant workers after detecting a surge of coronavirus cases among arrivals from the country. Of the 24 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Taiwan on Monday, all of which were found among new arrivals to the island, 20 patients were Indonesian migrant workers under quarantine. "We’re very concerned about Indonesia’s handling of the pandemic,” Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung told a televised news conference. "Therefore, we have no choice but to stop accepting Indonesian migrant workers for a while.” (dpa)
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Taiwan suspends import of workers from Indonesia
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Dec 01, 2020
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