COVID-19: Border reopening hinges on healthcare capacityBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterWhether Taiwan has adequate medical capacity to handle an increase in COVID-19 cases remains key to deciding when to reopen the nation’s borders to tourists, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said yesterday. However, Wang said that the world is moving toward reopening borders and returning to normal life. In other news, the Railway Bureau is considering changing the criteria for recruiting railway inspectors, Wang said. Although the Railway Bureau has set a goal of recruiting 42 railway inspectors, it has so far recruited only four. “We have requested the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration to raise the wages of railway inspectors, but the request was denied,” Wang said.
