Virus Outbreak: Museum promotes COVID-19 safetyBy Wu Chun-feng and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerTainan’s Chimei Museum is promoting its exhibits in a video that advocates the importance of good disease prevention practices. A man takes the temperature of a replica of Auguste Rodin’s sculpture The Thinker at Chimei Museum in Tainan on Tuesday to raise public awareness of disease prevention efforts. Photo copied by Wu Chun-feng, Taipei TimesA replica of Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker makes an appearance, with staff reaching up to check his forehead temperature. In a separate video posted on Facebook on Monday, the Chimei Museum joined other museums to promote hand washing in a video themed after the popular Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing. The Chimei Museum said that it would continue making videos in the series to drive home the message that the public should not ease up on disease prevention efforts until the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.

Source: Taipei Times April 24, 2020 15:56 UTC