Virus Outbreak: New Taipei City man fined, taken to quarantine centerREPEAT OFFENDER: The man went outside for exercise on Wednesday and then left his home on Saturday with his girlfriend, officials saidBy Hsu Sheng-lun, Tsai Chang-sheng and Dennis Xie / Staff reporters, with staff writerA New Taipei City man has been fined NT$400,000 (US$13,221) and ordered into government quarantine after breaking home quarantine for a second time on Saturday. The 25-year-old man, surnamed Chen (陳) returned to Taiwan on Sunday last week and was ordered to home quarantine until Sunday. A worker from a New Taipei City district office, second left, yesterday delivers a 25-year-old man, surnamed Chen, right, to the city’s quarantine center after he was ordered confined for contravening home quarantine since returning to Taiwan on March 22. Photo: Hsu Sheng-lun, Taipei TimesChen has now been placed in a quarantine center arranged by the district office and health center of the district where he lives, police said. Police warned the public that breaking home quarantine could help spread COVID-19, and offenders would face heavy fines.

Source: Taipei Times March 31, 2020 16:00 UTC