ECCT Special Lunch Jointly hosted with ICRT
Dealing with the coronavirus outbreak
Precautions and contingencies for business

Guest speaker
Dr Chen Yee-Chun 陳宜君醫師
Professor of Medicine at the National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Dr Angela Huang 黃頌恩醫師
Taiwan CDC Medical Officer衛福部疾管署防疫醫師

12:00 – 14:00, 12 March, 2020
Address: 158 Dunhua North Road, Taipei 10548, Taiwan / 10548 台北市松山區敦化北路158號
Venue: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, B2, Mandarin Ballroom 2 / 台北東方文華酒店 B2, 文華廳二

As of 25 February, the number of people infected by the 2019 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has exceeded 80,000 and the number of deaths had surpassed 2,600. While 95% of cases have been confined to China, the number of cases in Europe, the middle east and elsewhere globally have spiked over the past week, giving rise to fears of a much larger global pandemic. Over the past few weeks, authorities in both China and elsewhere have taken increasingly drastic measures to try to contain the spread. On 20 February the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States included Taiwan on its list of destinations with an apparent community spread of Covid-19, along with China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. However, Taiwan authorities have objected to the designation. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said that the coronavirus status here in Taiwan does not meet the criteria set by the island’s Centers for Disease Control as necessary for the “community spread” designation as Taiwan has only isolated cases of the virus. President Tsai has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ask the US to correct Taiwan’s status.

Here in Taiwan, as a precautionary measure, authorities in Taiwan have banned all Chinese nationals from entering Taiwan, while people who have travelled to China, Hong Kong or Macau in the previous 14 days are to be put under mandatory home quarantine for 14 days after returning to Taiwan.

The outbreak has led to the panic purchasing and hoarding of certain items such as surgical masks, prompting healthcare authorities to introduce an unprecedented rationing programme which allows Taiwan residents to purchase only two masks every seven days.

• What precautions should companies take to safeguard their employees and customers?
• What are authorities doing to ensure sufficient supplies of surgical masks, thermometers and other items?
• Where can foreign residents get information and medical assistance?
• What are the conditions for quarantining of employees?
• What are the legal requirements in terms of granting sick leave to quarantined employees and to those who need to take care of children and aged parents?

At this event, our guest speaker will answer these and any other questions members may have.

About the CDC衛生福利部疾病管制署
The main mission of Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is to combat the threat of communicable diseases. Among other tasks, the CDC is responsible for the planning of the disease control system and the drafting of relevant laws and regulations, prevention, control, survey and research of various communicable diseases, management of disease outbreaks, reporting of domestic disease information and surveillance of disease, collection, exchange and reporting of international disease information and procurement and management of drugs for disease control.

NT$1,400 for members; NT$2,000 for members' guest(s)
Contact: Fiona Lee / Tel 2740-0236 ext. 215 / fiona.lee@ecct.com.tw / www.ecct.com.tw