People find places in front of the stage in Taipei City Hall Plaza yesterday ahead of last night’s New Year’s Eve celebration. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang, spokesman for the Central Epidemic Command Center, holds a news conference at the center in Taipei yesterday. People were still being invited to attend New Year’s Eve concerts in Taipei, as well as Hsinchu, Penghu, Taitung, Yunlin, Kinmen and Lienchiang counties. “People might be concerned that these cases could lead to community infections, but the evidence so far shows that the risk of people contracting COVID-19 in the community remains very low,” Chuang said. As many cities and counties decided to livestream New Year’s Eve concerts, the Taiwan Railways Administration said that it cut additional trains scheduled for yesterday from 36 to 24.

Source: Taipei Times December 31, 2020 15:56 UTC