Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), head of the center, said all flight transits would be banned through April 7. Visitors to a New Taipei City columbarium yesterday present offerings and pray, with tables spaced further apart than normal for social distancing as part of COVID-19 disease prevention measures. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei TimesThe health minister said the 16 latest cases were 13 imported ones and three domestic, including a nurse at a long-term care center, the health minister said. All 81 people at the care center — 53 residents and 28 staff — were tested by the CECC on Saturday night, and the results so far have all been negative, he said. “We still define the current situation as sporadic local transmission,” he said when reporters asked if Taiwan has entered the “community spread” stage.

Source: Taipei Times March 22, 2020 15:56 UTC