COVID-19: Increase in cases affects cultural, political eventsBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterDozens of events across the nation have been canceled or postponed after the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday raised the COVID-19 warning level and announced stricter restrictions on public gatherings. The concert hall yesterday said it would tighten COVID-19 prevention measures including implementing enhanced social distancing and dividing employees into two isolated teams. The Taipei Fine Arts Museum is to manage crowd numbers and cancel guided tours through June 8, the museum said. The new measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are also having an effect on political activity. Meanwhile, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) would suspend its scheduled referendum campaign events, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said yesterday.

Source: Taipei Times May 12, 2021 15:56 UTC