Traditional markets to be controlled‘DO NOT STAY TOO LONG’: People would be required to provide personal contact information when entering traditional markets, and illegal vendors would be finedBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced five crowd control measures for traditional and night markets as it reported 335 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, eight backlogged cases and 36 deaths. The eight backlogged cases are three men and five women aged 20 to 70, Chen said. A police officer standing at the entrance to a traditional market in Taipei yesterday holds a sign urging people to follow disease prevention measures. Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Lin Chuan-neng (林全能) said his ministry has been negotiating with local governments on how to tighten crowd controls at traditional or night markets, adding that they agreed on five measures. “The first would be expanding crowd controls to include roadside vendors around the markets,” he said, adding that business hours and traffic control sections would be clearly designated inside and near the markets.

Source: Taipei Times June 06, 2021 16:01 UTC