Virus Outbreak: App updated for holidayBy Lee Hsin-fang and Sean Lin / Staff reportersThe Freeway Bureau is to update its smartphone app, Freeway 1968 (高速公路1968), with enhanced functionality to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 over the International Workers’ Day long weekend next week. The updated app has passed tests on iOS devices, the source said. Premier Su Tseng-chang, center, is flanked by Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, and Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung during a news conference in Taipei yesterday. In response to questions about whether the government would cancel the holiday to limit the spread of COVID-19, Su said that the holiday is observed annually and this year would be no different. The government encourages people to carry on with their lives normally over the holiday, he said.
