Breaking under the outbreakWith school suspended and businesses shuttered, many single-parent families are especially hard hit by the level three alert restrictionsBy Han Cheung / Staff reporterWith no way to make money during the outbreak and a developmentally delayed third-grader to raise alone, the only thing Mr Lin (林) can do is pray for vaccines. With the latest outbreak shuttering massage parlors across the nation, he is now out of a job. A social worker provides supplies to families seriously affected by the recent outbreak. About 38 percent of the families were earning less than NT$20,000 per month, and 46 percent held temporary or service industry jobs that were the first to be hit by the outbreak. Foot massage shops in Taipei are shuttered due to the recent outbreak.

Source: Taipei Times June 15, 2021 15:56 UTC