taiwan-subdivisions: 鹽埕 高雄 高雄市

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因為目前高中以下的學校，攏緩兩禮拜才會開學。高雄市鹽埕國中，自今仔日開始，按禮拜一到禮拜五，攏會佇網路一工播出一節課，予學生囡仔，踮佇厝內嘛通繼續學，這也是這期間，全國頭一間辦理網路教課的學校。

教室架上燈光、手機，高中以下學校為了防疫延後開學，但高雄鹽埕國中的老師卻到校，對著鏡頭上課。

同學知不知道
 這些是屬於地形表示
 方式當中的哪一種呢

原來老師來錄製線上課程，有理化、英文、數學和地理等科目，兩週總共10堂，週一到週五10點，在學校粉絲專頁和youtube頻道播放一堂，之後也可重複收看。

==高雄市鹽埕國中校長 蔡智文==
 只有自學網站不夠
 所以我們各科老師
 就針對下學期即將上課的部分
 內容比較難的部分
 或者是說 上學期
 學生學習容易發生困難的部分

學校希望停課不停學，也準備學習單，讓學生複習，開學後答題成績好的，有額外獎勵。10日這天第一堂課也同時播出，學生收看後認為，一天一堂課負擔不重，支持度很高。

==鹽埕國中學生==
 我聽不懂的地方可以重複聽
 可是上課的時候聽過講完
 基本上就沒有了
 就繼續上進度

==鹽埕國中家長會長 倪豪臣==
 尤其是國三的
 馬上五月就要會考了
 國三的家長更擔心(延後開學)
 感謝學校有這樣子的計畫

教育部雖然也彙集教育雲及民間線上學習資源與工具，鼓勵師生延後開學期間，善用數位平台資源，不過鹽埕國中用學生熟悉的師資，課程內容也針對下學期課程先預習，高雄市教育局表示值得推廣。

記者 王介村 陳顯坤 高雄報導

title: 高雄鹽埕國中辦線頂教學 學生停課學習無斷節


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彰化縣是全國唯一無火化場的縣市，袂少喪家認為真無方便，芳苑鄉公所最近提出相關計畫，毋過芳苑鄉民認為會衝擊地方相關產業，組成自救會，也連署反對，拜一透早有數百位民眾到鄉公所抗議，閣到縣府陳情。

一早，數百名芳苑鄉民來到芳苑鄉公所，他們頭上綁著布條、拿著黃色的抗議旗幟，大聲喊出心中的不滿，因為鄉公所計畫在芳苑第6公墓興建火化場，民眾擔心衝擊觀光還有養蚵產業，要求鄉公所撤銷計畫。

==芳苑鄉民 李先生==
 我們都是靠養蚵為生
 它改天可能火化廠
 建設下去的時候
 會影響到我們大海

==芳苑鄉民 洪先生==
 完全都沒有跟地方講
 都他們自己村代表
 自己開會 自己在處理
 所以這點是最不合理的

彰化縣是六都以外人最多的縣市，但也是唯一沒有火化場的縣市，現在芳苑鄉公所第一個跳出來說要興建，但反火化場自救會表示，鄉公所連說明會都沒有辦就決定，根本就是黑箱作業。

==芳苑鄉反火化場自救會長 洪會長==
 （火化場)是由每個鄉公所
 自己提案 自己往上報
 在提案過程當中的話
 他罔顧民意
 所以說今天我們大家站出來了
 因為目前的話
 我們火葬場四周為六個村
 已經有77.15%的人連署了
 連署反對設立這個火葬場

除了到鄉公所抗議，芳苑鄉民也到彰化縣府陳情，縣府民政處強調，目前還未收到計畫，但一切都會依法審查。

==彰化縣民政處長 賴致富==
 對於鄉親的疑慮
 在將來如果真的有興辦事業計畫
 我們也會依法來審查
 從環評開始到法定的程序
 那我們會一步一步依法審查

反火化場自救會表示，到2月7號為止，連署反對火化場的芳苑鄉民已達5102人，其中火化場預定地周邊的六個村，有高達77%的民眾反對，希望鄉公所能傾聽民意，否則將會有更大的抗爭行動。

記者 邱植培 彰化報導

taiwan-subdivisions: 彰化 芳苑 彰化縣

title: 彰化芳苑按算起火葬場 鄉民向縣政府陳情


title: 芳苑公所擬建火化場 鄉民赴縣府陳情

taiwan-subdivisions: 芳苑 彰化縣

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彰化縣是全國唯一沒有火化場的縣市，不少喪家認為很不方便，芳苑鄉公所近日提出相關興建計畫，不過芳苑鄉民認為會衝擊地方相關產業，有數百位民眾到鄉公所抗議，並到縣府陳情。

一早，數百名芳苑鄉民來到芳苑鄉公所，他們頭上綁著布條、拿著黃色的抗議旗幟，大聲喊出心中的不滿，因為鄉公所計畫在芳苑第6公墓興建火化場，民眾擔心衝擊觀光還有養蚵產業，要求鄉公所撤銷計畫。

芳苑鄉民李先生說：「我們都是靠養蚵為生，它改天可能火化廠建設下去的時候，會影響到我們大海。」鄉民洪先生表示：「完全都沒有跟地方講，都他們自己村代表自己開會，自己在處理，所以這點是最不合理的。」

彰化縣是六都以外人最多的縣市，但也是唯一沒有火化場的縣市，現在芳苑鄉公所第一個跳出來說要興建，但反火化場自救會表示，鄉公所連說明會都沒有辦就決定，根本就是黑箱作業。

芳苑鄉反火化場自救會長洪新䒴表示：「(火化場)是由每個鄉公所，自己提案自己往上報，在提案過程當中的話，他罔顧民意，所以說今天我們大家站出來了。因為目前的話，我們火葬場四周為六個村，已經有77.15%的人連署了，連署反對設立這個火葬場。」

除了到鄉公所抗議，芳苑鄉民也到彰化縣府陳情，縣府民政處強調，目前還未收到計畫，但一切都會依法審查。彰化縣民政處長賴致富說：「對於鄉親的疑慮，在將來如果真的有興辦事業計畫，我們也會依法來審查，從環評開始到法定的程序，我們會一步一步依法審查。」

反火化場自救會表示，到2月7號為止，連署反對火化場的芳苑鄉民已達5102人，其中火化場預定地周邊的六個村，有高達77%的民眾反對，希望鄉公所能傾聽民意，否則將會有更大的抗爭行動。


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臺灣有一个過年時仔和親人過去湖北行踏的幼囡仔，本身是致著重症的「血友病」。因為「武漢肺炎」煏開，人煞無法度倒轉來國內，穩定病情的射針閣賰一筒爾爾，佳哉海基會聯絡「湖北荊門臺商會」的簡俊男會長，伊親身駛百外公里的車，透早已經將藥仔送去交予這个幼囡仔的老母。

照片左邊的這位正是千里送藥的幕後功臣，他是湖北荊門台商會長簡俊男，這趟送藥任務起因於一名患有血友病的台灣男童隨家人到湖北探親，碰上武漢肺炎受困湖北荊門無法返台，施打針劑只剩一劑，情況險峻，家屬在春節期間趕緊求助海基會，簡俊男聽聞情況後也立刻點頭答應幫忙送藥。

==海基會副秘書長 蔡孟君==
 這個疫情的影響的關係
 這個任務他跨越了海峽
 路程也超過了千里
 這個過程當中
 充分了體現我們國人之間
 相互扶持 相互幫助
 無私助人的一個精神

由於時間緊迫，海基會8號晚間先南下高雄取藥，9號下午1點25分搭機飛往河南鄭州，4點左右抵達，鄭州台協隨即派人到機場取藥，接著驅車趕往河南、湖北省交界的桐柏服務區交接，最後再由簡俊男將藥交給病童母親順利完成這項接力任務，海基會感謝台商們大力協助，簡俊男則是低調不居功。

==湖北荊門台商會長 簡俊男==
 第一時間大家聽到了消息之後
 就全部全力以赴的來幫忙
 所以我是覺得這個還滿可貴的
 看到台灣人在這邊這樣的狀況
 我們不協助嗎

==高醫大附設中和紀念醫院院長 侯明鋒==
 重點是這個藥物大陸目前沒有
 是因為這樣子
 所以後來知道湖北武漢封城之後
 他們就沒辦法回來
 特別通融 所以先把藥物
 再由家屬領回去

高醫則表示，罹患重型血友病的患者，每周必須施打一次藥劑，否則可能造成關節，全身出血的危險性，因此，這回千里送藥對病童來說可是救命的及時雨，而為了避免第一趟武漢包機撤僑引發爭議，傳出第二波武漢包機撤僑定調採用我國飛機直飛，也安排防疫人員跟隨，海基會則回應，政府會秉持人道優先的原則來處理。

記者 黃子杰 莊志成 綜合報導

countries: 臺灣 台灣

taiwan-subdivisions: 中和 高雄

title: 臺灣血友病囡仔牢佇湖北 射針賰1筒狀況危急


events: 冠狀病毒 武漢肺炎

countries: 義大利 台灣

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國內已經驗出第18个「武漢肺炎」的患者，這也是頭一層看著攏無症頭，體內的病毒煞帶真厚的案例，今就有專家咧煩惱講，這款定著是上歹按算的病人，尤其就近相穢的風險，驚著愈加重，目前「中央流行疫情指揮中心」嘛講，已經咧拍算針對遐的和診斷確定的病人接接密切的對象全面性落去檢驗。

國內第18例新型冠狀病毒確診個案，是和家人從義大利旅遊返台，感染至今、沒有出現任何症狀，是台灣第一例無症狀感染者，有專家擔心，這類患者很可能是防疫上的漏網之魚，尤其當無症狀感染者、身上病毒量高的時候，就可能具傳染力，增加社區傳播的風險。

==台大醫院小兒部主任 黃立民==
 如果他無症狀
 病毒量又中量或高量
 那他這種人最容易傳
 如果他無症狀病毒量很低
 這個相對上是安全的
 所以我們要 現在的當務之急
 區分出無症狀的人
 這兩種情況的比例各占多少

專家表示，過去冠狀病毒的無症狀感染者，在SARS期間並不多，MERS有一部分患者是如此，現在的新型冠狀病毒似乎更多。專家提醒，武漢肺炎的致死率、雖然比SARS低，但傳染速度較快，未來不排除演化成像流感一樣的傳染病，民眾千萬不要掉以輕心。

==台大醫院小兒部主任 黃立民==
 它(新冠病毒)現在的行為
 確實是越來越像流感病毒
 可以有輕症 可以有無症狀
 都有感染力 潛伏期越來越短
 然後它潛伏期最後一天
 它就開始有傳染性了
 所以這些性質
 使得這個病毒很難防治

而中央流行疫情指揮中心則強調，將邀請專家研議擴大採檢範圍，對確診個案、所有密切接觸者進行採檢，目前全台至少有14個檢驗實驗室，一天能檢驗800多件檢體，即便擴大採檢也能因應

記者 賴淑敏 蔣龍祥 台北報導

title: 第18例確診患者表面無症頭 就近相穢風險提高


references: 臉書 網友

things: 假訊息 假消息 經濟

people: 蔡英文 蘇貞昌 蔡清祥

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喙罨買無都咧煩惱矣，今煞有人開始咧相爭囤衛生紙。刑事局偵查第三大隊，昨昏已經通知3个佇咧網路放消息，講衛生紙和尿苴仔，攏會開始欠貨的民眾到案說明，嘛會照違背這條「社會秩序維護法」，移送法院處分，法務部今嘛出面提醒講，謠言毋通聽，閣毋通綴人烏白喝。

武漢肺炎疫情延燒，繼口罩之亂，現在又掀衛生紙搶購潮，有網友在臉書謠傳，口罩和衛生紙原物料相同，因應口罩生產，衛生紙、尿布等將缺貨，引發民眾恐慌，爭相搶購。刑事局偵查第三大隊9日，已通知涉嫌在臉書和LINE群組張貼假消息對象2名陳姓女子和廖姓女子，到案說明。

==刑事局偵查第三大隊大隊長 蕭瑞豪==
 3名民眾未經查證
 即轉貼 散布不實訊息到臉書
 以及LINE群組
 全案訊後將依違反社會秩序維護法
 第63條第1項第5款
 散播謠言 足以影響公共之安寧者
 報請裁處

假消息瘋傳，引發衛生紙之亂，法務部調查局也掌握6名網友臉書和1間貿易商資料，假訊息防制中心將針對謠傳民生物資缺貨等假消息展開調查，防堵不肖人士干擾民生經濟，引發社會不安。

==法務部部長 蔡清祥==
 衛生紙現在的供需
 都是非常的正常 而且充裕
 因為外面有一些謠言
 或是故意造謠生事
 我也要求我們台高檢署
 要求這個地檢署
 他們要啟動查緝民生犯罪的平臺

總統蔡英文和行政院長蘇貞昌也在臉書貼文，說明口罩原料是不織布，衛生紙原料是紙漿，強調原物料不缺，要民眾不要囤貨。刑事局也提醒民眾，散布謠言足以影響公共安寧者，將依社會秩序維護法第63條規定，處三日以下拘留或新台幣三萬元以下罰鍰。

記者 洪敏真 張育睿 陳昌維 台北報導

title: 謠傳衛生紙.尿苴仔欠貨 刑事局偵訊3名嫌犯


references: 網友 爆料公社

taiwan-subdivisions: 內湖 土城 新北 蘆洲

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藥局前等著領口罩的隊伍總是大排長龍，藥師和藥局人員忙翻，竟然還有民眾硬是要插隊還嗆聲。一名戴姓婦人到新北土城的診所排口罩，穿過長長人龍，直接坐在最前面，藥局人員上前勸說，這名婦人突然情緒失控，不但拍玻璃叫囂，還不斷哭鬧。

★ 一週2口罩不夠用？保護自己還能這樣做

藥局門口婦人不斷哭鬧，一旁排隊等著買口罩的民眾傻眼圍觀，現場員警趕緊上前抓住婦人，但她的情緒還是好激動。

婦人拍打玻璃，向藥局員工大吼大叫，原來當時下午四點半，只剩半個小時，藥局就要發口罩，民眾在外大排長龍，戴姓婦人卻穿越排隊人群，大辣辣坐在最前頭的椅子上。

▼戴姓婦人卻穿越排隊人群，大辣辣坐在最前頭的椅子上。（圖／東森新聞）

東森新聞記者許淳雅：「發口罩的時候，藥局都會在外面擺上這樣子的公告，不過這名婦人她說她身體不舒服，不但插隊之外，還硬是要坐在椅子上面，和藥局員工爆發衝突。」

藥局員工張小姐：「我就說這是公告的牌子，這個麻煩不能坐，她直接衝過來這邊拍著玻璃比中指說，怎麼我是糖尿病，都沒有照顧我。」

▼員工張小姐表示，她直接衝過來這邊拍著玻璃比中指。（圖／東森新聞）

事發就在8號下午，新北土城的藥局前，戴姓婦人不滿員工勸她起來，和她同行的前夫，甚至直接衝到隔壁，合作的診所叫囂，被多名警方攔住，但婦人不願善罷甘休，氣沖沖走進診間，要找醫師理論，回想起當時，員工都還心有餘悸。

藥局員工張小姐：「在看病那時候，她會打電話來恐嚇說什麼要找醫生嗆聲。」

藥局不排除向警方備案，其實這名戴姓婦人在過去就曾登上媒體版面。

▼這名戴姓婦人在過去就曾登上媒體版面。（圖／翻攝自爆料公社／東森新聞）

在蘆洲一處診所內，戴姓婦人和醫護人員，爆發拉扯還掐住對方脖子，如今，再次因為情緒失控上新聞，藥局勇敢出面指控，希望站在防疫第一線的相關人員，人身安全 能有所保障，類似的醫療暴力事件，不再發生。

（封面圖／東森新聞）

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title: 防疫第一線苦！婦插隊買口罩 罵藥局還比不雅手勢


title: 3名患者攏總4百外名接觸者 今日解除管制

countries: 中國 臺灣 澳門 香港

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下晡2點疾病管制署的記者會表示，目前國內18層診斷確定的病例，狀況穩定。其中有3个患者，接接的對象，攏總超過470个，今仔日攏已經解除管制。另外，因為中國廣東疫情嚴重，超過千人致病，疾病管制署嘛宣佈按2月11開始，限制香港、澳門的人士、學生入境臺灣。

==陸委會副主委 陳明祺==
 基於防疫優先的考慮
 我們希望從2月11號晚上零時開始
 港澳人士除了商務履約活動
 跨國企業內部調動含陪同人員
 以及已經取得我國居留證的配偶
 跟他的未成年子女之外
 均暫緩來台
 至於已經持有有效入境證的人
 那麼也請他延後來台
 也包括港澳學生也暫緩來台
 所有獲准來台的
 一律要進行居家檢疫14天

中國方面的媒體報導講，「武漢市精神衛生中心」這間病院，煏出就近相穢，上無有80个患者和醫護人員去too3著病。／另外，天津遮有一間百貨公司，出入的民眾，攏總已經驗出32个致病，目前也已經要求，上萬个仝佇遐捌出入過的民眾，隔開觀察囉。／另外，香港有一家9个親族仔，因為和廣州去相揣的親情，仝桌食火鍋，結果煞攏齊去鍍著這款症。


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武漢肺炎，第一損害著旅遊觀光，閣來傷重就是交通，抑早起，行政院已經開始咧討論，欲替各行各業，消敨難關的方案，嘛要求各部會，負責士、農、工、商，各人先去評估。抑國民黨立法院黨團這爿，是望講比較過去SARS的期間，設一部「紓困條列」，才編500億特別預算，通來協助有需要的產業。

有鑑於武漢肺炎疫情嚴重，行政院10號，由秘書長李孟諺召集各部會，針對紓困方案內容啟動討論，就觀光、交通、工、農等產業，所受影響，以及補助金額，進行討論，並且由各部會評估整合，再交由院長蘇貞昌拍板定案。

==行政院發言人 Kolas Yotaka==
 不管是紓困的內容
 或者要不要擬定特別條例
 編訂特別預算的方式
 我們現階段都還在討論當中
 有任何的方向
 以及具體的結論
 院長拍板之後
 會儘快對外說明

而國民黨團則提出紓困條例草案，希望比照過去SARS的紓困條例，編列500億特別預算紓困，草案有6大重點，除了防疫人員給予補助及津貼、就觀光等產業，予以紓困，也讓防疫照顧假等，有法源依據。

==立法院國民黨團書記長 蔣萬安==
 希望能夠授權政府
 有500億 以特別預算的方式
 來編列能夠對於受影響的產業
 相關的民眾 提供協助 紓困

==聲音來源：民進黨團書記長 鍾佳濱==
 紓困方案 跟紓困條例
 是兩個不同規模
 跟層級的應對方案
 第一判斷還是要回歸到行政院
 問他們說 你們預算現在夠用嗎

雖然民進黨團持保留態度，不過，國民黨團強調，在野黨都有類似想法，希望有特別預算；也呼籲14號的朝野協商，能盡快訂出開議的日程，快點讓條例通過。

記者 陳佳鑫 張梓嘉 台北報導

people:
蘇貞昌
鍾佳濱
Kolas Yotaka
蔣萬安

title: 武漢肺炎衝擊各產業 行政院討論方案.消敨難關


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第92屆奧斯卡頒獎典禮，臺灣時間10號早起登場，南韓導演奉俊昊的作品寄生上流是上大贏家，嘛提著最佳影片佮最佳國際電影兩項大獎，閣得著最佳導演，和最佳原創劇本獎．

南韓導演奉俊昊成為繼李安之後，第2位贏得奧斯卡最佳導演獎的亞洲導演，也是第一位贏得這項殊榮的韓國人．叫好叫座的寄生上流六項入圍，是本屆奧斯卡大熱門，最終摘下四個大獎，還寫下同時獲得最佳影片跟國際電影雙料大獎的紀錄，也讓韓國電影能見度更上層樓．至於本屆影帝影后，則由"小丑"的瓦昆菲尼克斯，以及"茱蒂"的芮妮齊維格獲得.

countries: 韓國 臺灣

title: 奧斯卡金像獎 南韓"寄生上流"得著4大獎


title: 暴風雨侵襲歐洲 打亂多國陸海空交通

countries: 英國 丹麥 德國

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席捲歐洲中西部的暴風雨造成水災，強風也完全打亂陸海空的交通。不過還是有民航機勉強降落，場面驚險萬狀。

畫面上這班英國航空班機，就像平常一樣準備在倫敦希斯洛機場降落。但畫面顯示主起落架是左邊先著地，然後才是右邊，整個機身搖晃得非常厲害。更誇張的是，鼻輪也著陸之後沒有幾秒鐘，機師決定拉起來重飛。讓拍攝畫面的民眾大吃一驚。

這場席捲歐洲中西部的暴風雨，英國氣象局命名為「綺拉」，而德國則命名為「沙賓」，部分地區的風力達到13甚至14級。風勢有多強，除了倫敦希斯洛機場的驚險場面，看看英國西南部的威爾斯和德國北部靠近丹麥邊界，海浪拍打岸邊的畫面就知道。

德國公共廣播電視德國之聲，整理各國氣象資訊的報導指出，英國北部在週末的24小時內，累積雨量超過150毫米，造成一些河川河水潰堤，民眾穿著雨衣涉水而過。除了要小心不要失足跌進水溝，還有注意強風、以及路上的車輛。

英國約克郡居民吉姆強森說：「這些人又會被水淹，真令人難過。我家地勢較高所以還好，但這種情況(強風豪雨)還要幾天。」

除了交通受阻與生活不便，歐洲人相當重視的運動比賽也受到暴風雨牽連。德國科隆的職業足球甲組賽程因天候取消，威林根的世界盃跳台滑雪大賽，也把週末的賽程延後。


title: 武漢肺炎影響 不少中國台商延後復工

things: 防疫 經濟

countries: 中國 台灣

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中國原定今天全面復工，不少台商、台籍幹部表示開工日期延後到2月底。不過，相對疫情沒那麼嚴重的地區，則是在2月10號如期開工，包括台積電南京廠、國巨蘇州廠、鴻海鄭州廠。

半導體業者台籍幹部陳勝偉說：「本來是2月10號復工，疫情的關係，公司評估後是延至2月25號復工。」

半導體製造業台籍幹部，從農曆年前回台灣後，就一直休假狀態中。因武漢肺炎疫情衝擊，公司決定延2月下旬，再視情況開工。部份台商表示，目前中國地方政府進行封閉式管理措施，只能延後開工。

前台企聯發言人葉惠德說：「他現在復工必須要經過申請，要經過檢查合格啦，那檢查的項目很多啦，包括你有沒有足夠的口罩啦，包括你吃飯的地方是不是寬敞等等啦。」

不過，還是有部份台商不受影響，2月10號如期開工，被動元件大廠國巨獲得中國主管機關核准，蘇州廠、東莞廠10號確定復工；另外，台積電南京廠，也如期復工。至於鴻海集團，根據路透社報導，已接獲中國政府批准，同意在鄭州廠復工。而深圳廠仍在爭取復工中。至於宣布延後復工的台資企業，約有80家。(0210晚間更新：約有175家，而且還會繼續增加。)

台積電發言人高孟華說：「台積電大陸晶圓廠的部份都按照原定計畫，配合中國政府防疫的法規於今日復工，我們也會繼續以防疫安全為優先考量，持續密切關注接下來的發展。」

延後復工恐衝擊中國經濟，甚至電子業恐引發斷鏈危機，台灣經濟成長率也會受影響，不過，產業分析師認為，部份電子業只要分散產能，還是能降低衝擊，其中像是面板業，可能會有轉單效應，營收將逆勢成長。

台經院資深產業分析師曾俊洲指出：「面板業2018、2019年是虧損的情況，因為中國產能受到影響的情況下，第二季就有可能止虧為盈的情況。運動賽事即將舉辦，所以他們需求又是比較急迫，轉單反而會比較明顯。」

受延後復工利空衝擊，台積電小跌0.5元，收在327.5元 ，鴻海股價收在82元，跌0.9元。經濟部工業局已開始著手調查，台廠在中國復工情況與影響程度。強調目前還在蒐集、彙整資訊中，最快本週就會完成評估報告。


countries: 法國 馬來西亞 日本 香港 加拿大 印度 中國 俄羅斯 美國 西班牙 韓國 台灣 澳洲 澳門 義大利 德國 菲律賓 英國 泰國 越南 新加坡

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全球新型冠狀病毒，確診病例數，持續增加、根據最新統計 :

中國不含港澳，確診病例有4萬0178例、死亡908例。中國單日新增97例死亡病例。全球總死亡人數達910例。 日本新增至26例、韓國27例、香港36例、越南14例、新加坡43例、馬來西亞至18例。 另外台灣維持18例、澳門10例、澳洲15例、印度3例、菲律賓3例、泰國32例。停靠在日本橫濱港的「鑽石公主號」郵輪，累積達70例。

歐美部分，英國4例、德國14例、西班牙2例。而俄羅斯維持2例、義大利3例、法國11例、加拿大7例、美國12例。

title: 全球新型冠狀病毒 2/10確診病例數持續增加


title: 國內第18例確診者無症狀 專家憂社區傳播

events: 武漢肺炎 冠狀病毒

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武漢肺炎疫情持續升溫，國內已出現第18例新型冠狀病毒確診個案，也是國內首例無症狀感染者，而且體內病毒量高。有專家擔心防疫上的漏網，會增加社區傳播的風險。中央流行疫情指揮中心表示，正研議對已確診個案的所有密切接觸者，進行全面採檢。

國內第18例新型冠狀病毒確診個案，是和家人從義大利旅遊返台，感染至今沒有出現任何症狀，是台灣第一例無症狀感染者。專家擔心，這類患者很可能是防疫上的漏網之魚，尤其當無症狀感染者身上病毒量高的時候，就可能具傳染力，增加社區傳播的風險。

台大醫院小兒部主任黃立民說：「如果他無症狀，病毒量又中量或高量，他這種人最容易傳。如果他無症狀病毒量很低，這個相對上是安全的，所以我們要，現在的當務之急，區分出無症狀的人，這兩種情況的比例各占多少。」

專家表示，過去冠狀病毒的無症狀感染者，在SARS期間並不多，MERS有一部分患者是如此，但現在的新型冠狀病毒似乎更多。專家提醒，武漢肺炎的致死率雖然比SARS低，但傳染速度較快，未來不排除演化成像流感一樣的傳染病，民眾千萬不要掉以輕心。

黃立民解釋，「它（新冠病毒）現在的行為確實是越來越像流感病毒，可以有輕症、可以有無症狀，都有感染力，潛伏期越來越短，然後它潛伏期最後一天，它就開始有傳染性了。所以這些性質，使得這個病毒很難防治。」

而中央流行疫情指揮中心則強調，將邀請專家研議擴大採檢範圍，對確診個案所有密切接觸者進行採檢。目前全台至少有14個檢驗實驗室，一天能檢驗800多件檢體，即便擴大採檢也能因應。


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印度政府去年8月切斷喀什米爾地區的網路，民眾要上網就要搭來回16小時的車，到新德里之類的大都市。或者花來回7小時，到鄰近山區城鎮的網咖，用一小時300盧比，約新台幣120元的價格上網。

興奮奔跑後，再想辦法擠上車。車門旁的是穆奇塔和里亞茲，他們要站兩小時的火車到100多公里外的山區城鎮巴尼哈爾，只為了上網。

2小時火車旅途後，還要再搭一小時半的巴士，總計3小時半，來回就要7小時。遠道去上網，是因為穆奇塔和里亞茲居住的印控喀什米爾地區，在2019年8月就被印度政府以恐攻威脅為由斷網，好幾個月都沒網路可用。還是學生的兩人，為了填寫獎學金和入學考試表格，只能千里迢迢到外地上網。

印控喀什米爾地區學生穆奇塔表示，「今天我來巴尼哈爾的理由很簡單，我需要使用網路，有好幾個原因需要上網。首先也是最重要的就是填寫獎學金表格。」

除了耗時也花錢，因為到巴尼哈爾上網的人變多。路透指出，當地網咖的價格已哄抬到一小時要300盧比，大約新台幣120元。但穆奇塔和里亞茲別無選擇，因為巴尼哈爾已經是最近可上網的地區。如果到新德里，來回得搭16小時的車，整整兩倍時間。

印控喀什米爾地區學生里亞茲抱怨，「我發現上網很難，原本只要半小時就能完成的工作，花了我整整一天。如果喀什米爾沒有被斷網，我就不用浪費這麼多時間。」

只為了上網就要耗去一天，更糟的是，回程時他們還遇到大風雪，火車停開。兩人不得不多待一天，才有車回家。跟他們有類似處境的約有800萬人，斷網不但影響日常生活，也重創當地電商經濟。印度最高法院1月10號判決，政府中斷喀什米爾網路違憲，必須重新檢視相關政策，為當地人帶來一線希望。只是判決沒有明確裁定應馬上恢復網路，喀什米爾人能否回到有網路的生活，仍是未知數。

title: 印控喀什米爾遭斷網 外地上網耗時又貴


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泰國8號發生軍人上街濫射平民的槍擊事件，嫌犯隨後逃進百貨公司，挾持人質與軍警人員對峙17小時，最後遭到擊斃。這起社會案件引發泰國的高度關注，數百人上街頭哀悼罹難者，泰國警方仍在調查行兇動機。

隨著僧侶的誦經聲，數百人手指朝天，獻上鮮花。希望泰國呵叻府軍人濫射事件的罹難者，靈魂得以安息。

咖啡廳老闆Marut Chumkuntod表示，「我們沒有計畫好，在（濫射）事件結束後2小時，人們就開始討論，晚上7點要聚在一起哀悼受難者。」
 一名士官長賈克潘8號射殺同僚後，偷了軍用車輛以及大批火力，逃出軍營並一路射殺平民，還全程在社群網站上直播，最後逃進呵叻府市中心的百貨公司。在挾持人質與警方對峙17個小時後，才被軍警人員擊斃。這起事件一共造成29死，57人受傷。受害者至今回想起來，仍心有餘悸。

受害高中生說：「我母親開車經過，我們都停在同一個地點，他就打開門向我們開槍。」

這起事件引起泰國人的高度關注，由於死傷人數過多，泰國當局也將召開會議，研商受害者賠償的相關事宜。

泰國權利自由保護廳副廳長柯丘表示，「我們將召開受害者親屬賠償會議。希望能在2到3天之內將賠償給受害者親屬。」

目前泰國警方仍在調查賈克潘的行兇動機。

title: 泰軍人濫射釀29死 數百人自發上街哀悼


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大水雨損蕩歐洲的中、西部，致使濟搭河溪漲起來，大風嘛透甲陸地、海洋閣有空中的交通攏拍結。德國佮英國有袂少長途的車幫，毋是取消就是延遲。民航的飛行機嘛是仝款情形，毋過猶是有飛機勉強降落，場面是誠危險。

畫面上這班英國航空班機，就像平常一樣準備在倫敦希斯洛機場降落。但畫面顯示主起落架是左邊先著地，然後才是右邊，整個機身搖晃得非常厲害。更誇張的是，鼻輪也著陸之後沒有幾秒鐘，機師決定拉起來重飛。讓拍攝畫面的民眾大吃一驚。

==拍攝畫面民眾==
 觸地重飛....第一次拍到觸地重飛

這場席捲歐洲中西部的暴風雨，英國氣象局命名為"綺拉"，而德國則命名為"沙賓"，部分地區的風力達到13甚至14級。風勢有多強，除了倫敦希斯洛機場的驚險場面，看看英國西南部的威爾斯、和德國北部靠近丹麥邊界、海浪拍打岸邊的畫面就知道。

德國公共廣播電視德國之聲，整理各國氣象資訊的報導指出，英國北部在週末的24小時內，累積雨量超過150毫米，造成一些河川河水潰堤。畫面上這位民眾穿著雨衣涉水而過，除了要小心不要失足跌進水溝，還有注意強風、以及路上的車輛。

==英國約克郡居民 吉姆強森==
 這些人又會被水淹，真令人難過。我家地勢較高所以還好，但這種情況(強風豪雨)還要幾天。

除了交通受阻與生活不便，歐洲人相當重視的運動比賽也受到暴風雨牽連。德國科隆的職業足球甲組賽程因天候取消，威林根的世界盃跳台滑雪大賽，也把週末的賽程延後。

記者 徐家仁 報導

countries: 德國 丹麥 英國

title: 大水雨損蕩歐洲 濟國水陸.空中交通大拍結


countries: 香港 中國

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根據中國媒體報導，武漢精神衛生中心爆發院內感染。另外天津地區一家百貨大樓，也出現32例確診病例。香港則傳出在春節期間，家族成員聚餐吃火鍋，結果造成九人同時遭到感染。

根據中國新京報報導，武漢肺炎疫情延燒至天津。截至9號24時，天津總共累積91例確診病例，其中寶坻區高達32例。早在2號，天津發布出現5確診案例，當地疾控中心發現病例都曾於同一處百貨大樓活動，五天後，發病人數增加至23人。由於進出該百貨大樓高達9千多人，當局認定是「聚集型病例」，為此隔離了近萬人。中國天津寶坻區人民政府區長毛勁松表示，「我們的目標就是要使所有的人靜下來，隔斷病毒傳播的途徑。絕不能讓寶坻的百貨大樓變成武漢的海鮮市場。」

另外，中國新聞周刊報導，武漢市精神衛生中心爆發院內感染，至少有50名患者與30名醫務人員確診武漢肺炎。

香港防疫人員9號前往一處住家採樣，一名24歲男子與外婆確診武漢肺炎，經追查是大年初二參加家族聚餐吃火鍋，家族成員兩人從中國廣東來。目前除兩人確診，還有七人檢測呈陽性。港府表示，要追查病源有難度，坦言難以防堵社區蔓延。香港防護中心傳染病處主任張竹君說：「其實很多個案病徵很輕微，其實現在的情況是很難用隔離所有懷疑個案，或追蹤密切接觸者的措施，以現在的策略很難阻止社區蔓延。」

另外停靠在香港的「世界夢號」郵輪，9號下午旅客陸續下船，因為經檢測確認，約1800名船員皆為武漢肺炎陰性。3600多名旅客下船後，有人直說感到安心，但也有旅客認為港府尚未全面封關，留在船上可能更安全，擔心中國大陸旅客進港，會讓社區出現隱形病人。 （0210晚間更新） 武漢肺炎疫情延燒至天津，截至10號6時，天津總共累積94例確診病例，其中寶坻區高達35例。香港截至10號下午，已累計38例確診病例，達1193人接受檢疫，但有9人並沒有全程待在強制檢疫居所，其中兩人聯絡不上，警方已發出通緝令。

title: 武漢精神衛生中心 80醫患染武漢肺炎


events: 武漢肺炎 水災

countries: 英國 西班牙 美國 中國 日本 法國 新加坡 義大利

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英國今發生一層，有患者將武漢肺炎傳予7个人遮濟，這款就近相穢的案件。這个是英國國內第三个診斷確定的患者，頂日仔因為去peh法國ALPS這支山，和11个人蹛仝間房，結果就有7个拍算是去予伊穢著。抑伊本身的病症，按起來是去新加坡參加國際會議的時來致著的，新加坡的政府，今嘛已經開始加強警戒。

法國衛生部9號召開記者會證實，英國的第三名感染個案，導致英國、法國、西班牙至少增加7名確診病例。

==法國衛生部公衛署長 沙羅孟==
 我們今天發現
 其他兩個病例 兩名成人
 都和法國感染有關連
 一名成人在英國確診
 另一個在馬約卡島

歐美媒體形容英國第三名個案是「超級傳播者」，這名男子1月底到新加坡參加國際會議，疑似在當地被感染，回國前到法國阿爾卑斯山的滑雪觀光小鎮度假，曾和11名英國人同住一間小木屋，而這11人當中有5人被感染，其中包括一名9歲男童，當局已宣布暫時關閉當地三所學校，並對小鎮所有居民進行病毒檢驗。

==法國上薩瓦省小鎮居民==
 即使關閉了學校
 我還是很害怕
 我兒子發高燒五天
 雖然現在已經退燒
 但我們不知道
 他是普通流感 或是其他疾病

新加坡當局也對英國個案到新加坡參加的國際會議展開調查，追蹤是否有人和曾和感染者接觸。

==新加坡衛生部官員 麥錫威(音譯)==
 是的我們特別關注這起案例
 英國官員通知我們
 這名個案引起的群眾感染
 和這會議有關

新加坡8號一天就增加了8起病例，目前累計43人感染，是繼中國和日本之後，確診病例最多的國家。當局宣布「疾病爆發應對系統」警示級別提升到橘色，造成民政恐慌，到超市搶購生活用品。

而新加坡航空展將從11日起如期舉行，目前有超過70間公司，包括美國武器製造商洛克希德馬丁，宣布受武漢肺炎疫情影響不參加。

==威尼斯五星級飯店經理 連恩羅倫薩==
 訂房人數少於10%
 所有的飯店收入也減少
 影響範圍包括整座城市的
 1星到5星飯店

另外，義大利威尼斯一年一度的嘉年華，今年受到水災和武漢肺炎疫情衝擊，人潮驟減，觀光業大受打擊。

記者 王子欣 報導

title: 英國1名診斷確定患者 上無已經穢著7个對象


title: 消費者環保意識抬頭 英NGO推廣布尿布

countries: 查德 英國

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近年來環保意識抬頭，能重複使用的「布尿布」在英國越來越受歡迎，廠商也推出外觀時尚、圖案可愛的布尿布來搶攻市場。

用泰迪熊練習包尿布，新手爸媽參加布尿布推廣講座，一起練習包尿布。不過對許多新手爸爸來說，學會正確使用和清洗方式還是有點困難。新手媽媽凱特說：「最困難的是什麼？教我丈夫如何正確洗尿布。」

英國消費者近年來越來越重視環保，能重複使用的布尿布受歡迎。正確使用的話，還能沿用到第二胎、第三胎，不但能省下一筆家庭開銷，也能減少對環境的傷害。英國新手媽媽吉爾伯特說：「（用布尿布）的人都有環保意識，為地球盡一份心力。看看我們每天垃圾袋裡的紙尿布，都將進到垃圾掩埋場。」

英國環保署統計，英國每天有8百萬個紙尿布被丟棄，平均每個小朋友在能自己上廁所之前，也就是約3年的尿布期，會用掉4千個紙尿布。而每件紙尿布，約5百年才能完全分解。英國尿布公司創辦人漢絲希夫說：「在這個產業工作將近30年，我觀察到人們的態度、想法完全不一樣了（環保意識）。」

英國一間專門販賣尿布的網路購物平台，近年來銷售持續成長。創辦人表示，不少廠商看好布尿布未來市場，推出防水、透氣、鬆緊設計、外觀時尚新穎產品，也是另一個吸引消費者的主因。The Nappy Lady創辦人溫蒂理查德指出，「過去四、五年期間，有很多好看的圖案設計，從單純的白色或藍色、紛紅色，現代製造商也追隨潮流。駱馬是目前很流行的樣式，酪梨圖案是最新款式。」

而為了推廣布尿布，英國的非營利組織和多個製造商合作，在英國各地設置「尿布圖書館」，爸媽可以跟借書一樣，借不同品牌的布尿布試用。英國彼得堡尿布圖書館志工奧斯本說：「這和普通的圖書館一樣，你進來借尿布試穿。我們館藏豐富，有多種品牌樣式，你把它們帶回家，試試看後再帶回來給我。」

志工奧斯本已經推廣布尿布超過10年時間，她說以前民眾缺乏資訊，單件布尿布價位比紙尿布高，因此布尿布的消費者大多是中產階級。不過現在民眾了解到布尿布其實價格低，有廣大的二手市場，又能為地球環境做出貢獻。新手媽媽黛博拉表示，「我們花費這麼多時間做資源回收，重複使用家裡的物品卻丟棄這麼多的紙尿布，實在太奇怪了。」


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來看到武漢肺炎的全球最新疫情統計，昨天英國跟西班牙都各新增一例確診，香港目前也已經確診36例。香港其中有一家人是在年初二19個人一起圍爐吃火鍋，結果同桌的19個人就有9位確診。另外原本5號就停泊在香港的世界夢號，一千八百多名的乘客檢驗結果出爐，全部人都是陰性，乘客終於可以下船回家。

遊客陸續下船，心情總算鬆了一口氣，五號就停泊在香港的世界夢號郵輪，因為曾經載過多名確診病例，1800多名船員和旅客都被當局禁止下船。檢驗結果終於在9號出爐，全部人都呈現陰性反應，終於可以下船回家。乘客說：「我不介意多待幾天，如果這樣更安全的話。」另一位乘客則說：「現在也許我會先回家，然後在房間外面清潔所有東西，確保所有東西都是乾淨的，我才會進到房間。我想我每天會戴口罩，因為我和家人在一起，戴著比較好。」

香港9號新增9起確診，目前確診的36例中，其中有一家人人年初二一起吃火鍋，包含來自廣東省的親友，結果同桌19人一共有9人確診。而中國境內武漢肺炎第一位吹哨人醫師李文亮，發現疫情時先遭到公安部門訓誡，隨後確診武漢肺炎病逝。李文亮的母親表示，原本病情好好的，突然兩天就急速惡化，連孩子的最後一面也見不到。

李文亮母親表示，「拉我兒子屍體的車都不讓進，這個都是感染的，不能讓你們進。我們去醫院搶救室也不讓我們看，上殯儀館我們也沒見到最後一眼兒子。」

許多民眾在醫院外獻花，感謝李文亮對於疫情的貢獻和付出。目前住在世界各地的中國人所捐助的資陸續湧進中國，全球疫情最嚴重的所在地湖北省武漢，醫護人員全副武裝，將病患推進火神山醫院治療，並用對講機溝通， 中國官方稱目前物資充足。不過反觀新加坡的超商貨架上空蕩蕩，全是擔憂疫情所造成的恐慌。當地9號再添3起確診，目前累計確診共43例。法國的滑雪場也傳出群聚感染，造成居民恐慌。

法國衛生部長阿妮絲布津表示，「如果住在這裡的居民沒有接到我們的電話，那就意味著他們沒有問題，或者他們沒有和現在住院的患者接觸過。」

9號英國和西班牙都新增一例確診。法國衛生局表示，可能都是和阿爾卑斯山的一間滑雪小屋的群聚感染有關，有5名英國人士都曾待過小屋也確診感染。法國也因為安全起見，關閉附近三所學校，也向居民呼籲，感染病毒的風險十分低不要過於緊張。

countries: 西班牙 英國 法國 香港 中國 新加坡

title: 武漢肺炎再添確診 英國、西班牙各增1例


title: 西拉亞風暴襲擊英國 重創海陸空交通

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強風把樹被吹得東倒西歪，民眾看到這景象不驚大叫。熱帶氣旋達米恩在澳洲當地時間8號下午，挾著200公里時速的強風登陸澳洲西部。強風挾帶暴雨，導致多個地區淹水。
 當地居民表示，「我想現在哪都歡迎下雨，也許一次下太多了，但我們真的需要下雨。」義消傑克說：「天氣乾燥，到處起火，真的很糟，但現在下雨了，希望雨勢能讓一切平靜下來。」

儘管暴雨帶來洪水，但澳洲近幾個月野火肆虐，暴雨反倒成了好事。不過，儘管民眾希望雨勢澆熄野火，但9號又傳出有12個地方起火。東部狀況也不好，新南威爾斯8號出現當地20年最大降雨，帶來洪水，車輛泡在水中無法動彈。雪梨更出現強風把水吹到逆流的奇特景象。

而在英國，受到西拉亞風暴侵襲，也在各地造成災情。當地時間9號降下暴雨，讓河水暴漲，街道變成河流。英國政府已發出洪水警告，同時提醒民眾別搭乘火車，隨時可能延誤或停駛。機場也有部分航班被取消。

countries: 英國 澳洲


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第92屆奧斯卡頒獎典禮登場，南韓《寄生上流》是最大贏家，拿下最佳影片跟最佳國際電影兩項大獎，還獲得最佳導演以及最佳原著劇本獎。 《寄生上流》六項入圍，是本屆奧斯卡大熱門，最終摘下四個大獎，至於本屆影帝影后，則由《小丑》的瓦昆菲尼克斯，以及《茱蒂》的芮妮齊維格獲得。

（圖／美聯社）...

title: 第92屆奧斯卡金像獎 《寄生上流》最大贏家


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武漢肺炎疫情在中國蔓延，中國政治中心北京，累計確診病例337例，死亡2例。為了防控疫情，北京宣布對全市社區嚴格進行「封閉式管理」。上海剛剛也宣布跟進，呼籲在上海沒有居住地和工作的人，暫時不要進入上海。

中國央視主播說：「隨著節後返京復工客流增多，預計近兩日，日均到達北京旅客將在16萬人左右。」

北京2月10號復工，這一兩天不少人陸續返回北京的工作崗位，人員流動將出現高峰。不過正處於防疫的關鍵時期，北京市人民政府宣布，進一步加強社區疫情防控工作，對全市社區嚴格進行封閉式管理：不但進出住宅社區要檢查、進入北京的人員要登記、曾和確診病例接觸者要集中管理，還管理出租房屋、在公共場所要戴口罩，以及不參加聚眾活動。

海峽兩岸青年交流協會執行長鄭博宇表示，「封閉式管理不代表封城，對於出入的人員的登記，他們會核發出入證，包含外賣可能會有定點。所有的學校都通令他們，等通知再回去（上課），所以他們都沒有回去（北京），都在台灣。我這邊收到的訊息，包含在北京過年的台灣青年，目前都是沒有症狀。」

原訂也要在10號復工的鄭博宇，自行延後回北京的時間。根據他的了解，留在北京的台灣人數並不多，身體狀況也都良好。而北京早在宣布封閉式管理前，外出的民眾就不多，彷彿是座空城。以往的交通尖峰期，看不到車水馬龍，公車站也沒什麼人，地鐵更是空蕩蕩，進入前也要量測體溫。百貨商場幾乎沒人開店做生意，只有防疫人員在做消毒工作。

武漢肺炎疫情在中國蔓延，人人自危。中國的政治重鎮北京，2月9日新增確診病例11例，截至9號午夜，北京市累計確診病例337例，死亡2例。

title: 防堵武漢肺炎 北京上海宣布「封閉式管理」


title: 武漢肺炎湠到全世界 診斷確定病例繼續增加

countries: 香港 日本 加拿大 法國 美國 中國 台灣 澳洲 澳門 德國 新加坡 泰國

content_text: 目前全世界「武漢肺炎」診斷確定的人數，到甲下晡兩點，上蓋新，統計出來的結果。 中國，目前有4萬過2百空17个病人，診斷確定，致病過往的，有9百空9个，咱台灣，現此時診斷確定的患者，是18个。抑澳門有10個病例、香港有36个病例。／亞洲這爿，目前是日本，155个患者上蓋濟、南韓有27个、新加坡43个、泰國32个。／澳洲這爿，嘛有15个；另外，西洋國家彼爿面；德國有14个、法國11个病例，美國有12个，加拿大嘛有7个診斷確定的患者。<br...


title: 英國確診個案爆群聚感染 至少7人被傳染

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英國出現一起1人傳染給7人的群聚感染案例，患者日前到法國度假，目前有7人疑似曾和他接觸而被感染，這起被歐美媒體形容成超級傳播者的病例，疑似是在新加坡參加會議時受到感染。

法國衛生部9號召開記者會證實，英國的第三名感染個案，導致英國、法國、西班牙至少增加7名確診病例。法國衛生部公衛署長沙羅孟表示：「我們今天發現其他兩個病例，兩名成人都和法國感染有關連，一名成人在英國確診，另一個在馬約卡島。」

歐美媒體形容英國第三名個案是「超級傳播者」，這名男子1月底到新加坡參加國際會議，疑似在當地被感染，回國前到法國阿爾卑斯山的滑雪觀光小鎮度假，曾和11名英國人同住一間小木屋，而這11人當中有5人被感染，其中包括一名9歲男童，當局已宣布暫時關閉當地三所學校，並對小鎮所有居民進行病毒檢驗。

法國上薩瓦省小鎮居民表示：「即使關閉了學校我還是很害怕，我兒子發高燒五天，雖然現在已經退燒，但我們不知道他是普通流感或是其他疾病。」

新加坡當局也對英國個案到新加坡參加的國際會議展開調查，追蹤是否有人和曾和感染者接觸。新加坡衛生部官員麥錫威說：「是的，我們特別關注這起案例，英國官員通知我們，這名個案引起的群眾感染和這會議有關。」

新加坡8號一天就增加了7起病例，目前累計43人感染，是繼中國和日本之後確診病例最多的國家。當局宣布「疾病爆發應對系統」警示級別提升到橘色，造成民政恐慌，到超市搶購生活用品。而新加坡航空展將從11日起如期舉行，目前有超過70間公司，包括美國武器製造商洛克希德馬丁，宣布受武漢肺炎疫情影響不參加。

威尼斯五星級飯店經理連恩羅倫薩說：「訂房人數少於10%，所有的飯店收入也減少，影響範圍包括整座城市的1星到5星飯店。」

另外，義大利威尼斯一年一度的嘉年華，今年受到水災和武漢肺炎疫情衝擊，人潮驟減，觀光業大受打擊。

countries: 英國 新加坡 義大利 西班牙 美國 中國 日本 法國


title: 養猛獸當寵物歪風 巴政客名流炫耀引效尤

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在巴基斯坦，擁有野生猛獸被視為身分地位的象徵。政客名流習慣炫耀自己豢養的獅子老虎來凸顯優越感。近年來一般百姓也掀起這股把大貓當寵物的風潮，通常把牠們養在屋頂鐵籠子裡，不但對野生動物是種折磨，也違反法規。

畫面上這隻四個月大的小白獅，是24歲的大學商科生漢姆斯的新寵。飼主漢姆斯表示，「我一直有在養寵物，貓啊狗啊，有天我看到朋友買了獅子，讓我也很心動。我第一隻獅子是從非洲買來的，是沙色的。我實在太喜歡了，又買一隻，這次買了這隻白色的。」

在當地購買幼獅的價格，一隻折合台幣超過13萬，漢姆斯跟朋友砸下所有積蓄合買，就養在頂樓，當成貓狗一樣的逗弄寵愛。平常房屋管理員負責照顧這些獅子，雖然看起來很鎮定，面對猛獸還是提防三分。

在巴基斯坦，馴養兇猛的獅子老虎近年來大為盛行，因為猛獸象徵力量、財富與尊貴，也讓買賣野生動物的不肖商人賺進大把鈔票。知名的動物商人哈桑，跟從小養大的獅子辛巴甚至成了實境秀網紅，在鏡頭前親密的頭碰頭，幫牠梳理帥氣髮型，甚至開車上街兜風的畫面。引起網路瘋傳，推升這股豢養猛獸的危險歪風。養獅網紅哈桑說：「牠就像是我的家人，晚上跟我一起睡在臥室。」

實際走訪哈桑位在巴國第一大城喀拉蚩郊區的豪宅，辛巴已經完全馴化，有廣大的院子可以活動，享受主人送到嘴邊的美味生肉，日子過得相當尊貴。養獅網紅哈桑指出，「這行如果好好管理，利潤會很高。你要好好照顧這些動物，愛牠們，給牠們需要的生活空間，大的籠子和足夠的食物，要照顧牠們，生病的話要吃藥。」

光在喀拉蚩，至少已經有三百多個普通市民馴養猛獸當寵物，但這些人家環境不一，屋頂空間狹小，衛生條件經常很差。萬獸之王坐困籠子裡，早就失去威風的模樣，沒有幾個能像辛巴一樣好命。更別說猛獸野性大發時，還會造成人命的損傷。追根究底，野生動物根本就不該非法進口拿來當寵物，但相關法規約束力薄弱，公權力對亂象也都視而不見。

喜瑪拉雅野生動物基金會拉曼表示，「人們是可以在私人動物園養野生動物，但是私人動物園的定義非常嚴格，你無法宣稱自己的家是動物園。任何動物如果被飼養在自己原生的自然環境之外，就是虐待、是殘酷對待動物。」

這些野生獅子老虎，多數來自非洲或西伯利亞，都是持有原產國的證明許口而進口。顯示不肖業者早有門路管道規避灰暗不明的法規限制，還大剌剌宣稱只要48小時，就可以把動物送到全國各地的買家手上。

taiwan-subdivisions: 獅子 大城


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美國職籃 NBA 亞特蘭大老鷹隊 9 日在兩度延長賽後，以 140 分比 135 分擊敗來訪的紐約尼克隊。老鷹當家球星 Trae Young 全場攻下 48 分，並在第二度延長賽斬獲關鍵的 11 分，率隊振翅高飛。

Trae Young 在第二度延長賽剩 2 分 14 秒時一記三分球，讓老鷹以 136 分比 129 分領先尼克，尼克後衛 Elfrid Payton 在最後 29.7 秒一記三分球失利，錯失追平的機會，讓 Trae Young 在最後 12 秒以 4 次罰球奠定勝利。

楊恩 16 次罰球全進，包括 8 記在延長賽中的罰球。他並有 13 次的助攻，這是他第 20 次「雙十」表現。也是 Trae Young 第 9 次單場至少狂砍 40 分的表現。

老鷹前鋒 John Collins 拿下 32 分、 16 籃板，前鋒 DeAndre Hunter 挹注 19 分，包括第二度延長賽時的一記關鍵三分球。

這場落敗終止了尼克的 4 連勝，儘管前鋒 Julius Randle 拿下 35 分、 18 籃板，前鋒 Reggie Bullock 斬獲 21 分，中鋒 Mitchell Robinson 也有 15 分、 11 籃板的表現，仍不敵老鷹。

老鷹和尼克在第一、二節你來我往，上半場結束時，尼克以 63 分比 61 分小幅領先老鷹，下半場捉對廝殺， Trae Young 最後一記兩分球不進，雙方以 116 分比 116 分打平，比賽進入延長賽。

尼克在第一度延長賽時，打出一波 10 比 2 領先老鷹，不過，老鷹拿下最後 8 分。 Trae Young 在最後 7.2 秒時兩罰都進， Elfrid Payton 卻在最後 0.8 秒一記三分球失利，讓第一度延長賽仍以 126 分比 126 分打平，比賽殺入第二度延長賽。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

title: Trae Young狂砍48分 老鷹140比135啄傷尼克


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武漢肺炎疫情蔓延，對產業造成一定衝擊，為協助規模較小、財務體質較弱的中小企業或小微企業度過資金難關，目前包含華南銀行、台灣銀行及台灣企銀均已推出相關貸款優惠專案。

華南銀行今天表示，武漢肺炎疫情持續升溫，除危害國人生命健康外，對國內產業經濟也造成不小的衝擊，為協助企業抗疫，宣布推出「中小企業新戶及小額貸款優惠專案」，對象包括新創產業、農林漁牧、手工業、攤販、民宿及小規模商業業者等。

華南銀指出，貸款總額度為新台幣 40 億元，貸款優惠利率最低 1.85 %，搭配信保基金「中小企業千億保專案」，可申貸 100 萬元，融資保證成數最高 9.5 成及信保手續費率最低 0.375 % 等優惠，並採簡易徵信作業方式辦理，最快可於 3 天內核貸，協助小微企業在防疫之餘可無後顧之憂。

台灣銀行日前也宣布推出「小微企業優利簡易貸款專案」，總額度 50 億元，每戶額度最高 50 萬元，對象包含有稅籍登記的小微企業，以及無稅籍登記且有營業事實的小農、小漁等自然人，並符合中小企業信用保證基金「中小企業千億保專案」貸款對象者。

台銀指出，簡易貸款由中小企業信用保證基金保證，免提供擔保品，期間最長 3 年，總利費率僅 1.98 %，將可嘉惠超逾 1 萬戶小微企業。

台灣企銀先前也一連祭出「小微＋新創，活水倍增貸款」及「地方創生業者貸款」兩項簡便優惠專案，對象針對小微企業及有營業事實的小農、小漁等自然人，申貸金額 100 萬元以內者可免提供連保人，以協助受疫情影響企業撐過困境。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

things: 經濟 防疫

title: 助中小企業抗疫  3公股銀行推優惠貸款


title: 路透：鴻海深圳主廠明天部分復工

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一名直接熟悉內情的消息人士今天告訴路透社，鴻海集團在深圳市的主要工廠已獲准明天恢復部分生產。

一名熟悉內情的消息人士今天稍早告訴路透社，鴻海集團在深圳市的工廠未獲准恢復生產。消息人士還說員工已接獲通知，明天勿返回工廠工作。

這名消息人士當時表示，深圳當局本週稍晚將再度檢查鴻海深圳工廠狀況，確保防杜 2019 新型冠狀病毒（ 2019 -nCoV，武漢肺炎）的管控措施適當到位。

路透社今天稍早另引述知情消息來源報導，鴻海已接獲中國政府批准，同意在鄭州的工廠復工。對此鴻海已表示，中國各廠區正緊密配合各地政府復工要求，依分批原則有序復工。

鴻海為包括蘋果公司（Apple）在內的全球賣方代工製造電子裝置。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

companies: 蘋果 Apple


title: 出現兩缺失 第一金人壽遭金管會開罰60萬元

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金管會今天對第一金人壽保險公司開罰，核處新台幣 60 萬元並予以糾正，主因為招攬保險商品銷售後電話訪問、後續處理不夠嚴謹，以及網路安全控管缺失。

金管會表示，第一金控旗下的第一金人壽公司因為有兩項缺失，違反保險法第 149 條第 1 項及第 171 條之 1 第 5 項，因此對其核處罰鍰 60 萬元整，並予以糾正。

金管會指出，違規理由主要有兩點，一是第一金人壽受理銀行通路招攬投資型保險商品的銷售後電話訪問作業，後續處理有欠嚴謹，與「保險業招攬及核保理賠辦法」相關規定不符。

金管會說，二是第一金人壽辦理網段配置作業，有正式與測試作業伺服器混置於同一網段的缺失，此外，聯外防火牆規則未依最小授權原則設置，不利網路安全控管，有礙健全經營虞，因此開罰。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


taiwan-subdivisions: 蘆竹 桃園

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桃園市警察局蘆竹分局今天下午接獲消防局通報表示，在蘆竹區龍安街路旁一輛計程車上，有 2 名男子已無生命跡象。警方進行調查並檢視車內跡證後，不排除輕生的可能性。

蘆竹警分局晚間指出，消防局在下午 5 時 21 分許接獲通報，指 2 名男子昏迷在龍安街邊一輛計程車的正、副駕駛座上。消防隊員獲報趕到現場後，緊急破窗搶救，但發現 2 男全身僵硬、已無生命跡象。

警方表示， 2 名男子年齡約 50 多歲，從身體的狀況來看，無生命跡象已多時。根據員警在車內採集的相關跡證研判，不排除 2 人自殺的可能性，除持續蒐證，也已緊急聯繫家屬處理善後。

珍惜生命，自殺不能解決問題，生命一定可找到出路。如果需諮商或相關協助，可撥打衛生福利部安心專線「 1925 」、生命線專線「 1995 」或張老師服務專線「 1980 」。

★ 芋傳媒關心您：自殺不能解決問題，勇敢求救並非弱者，生命一定可以找到出路。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

title: 桃市2中年男子疑輕生  陳屍路旁計程車內


title: 南非貧婦花10元中逾2億彩券 一夜致富

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南非一名 35 歲婦人僅花南非幣 5 鍰（約新台幣 10 元）竟獨得了威力彩球大獎 1 億 1400 萬鍰（約新台幣 2 億 3000 萬元），一夜致富的她說，想完成多年夢想，親手為孩子準備晚餐。

這名居住在約翰尼斯堡貧困區域蘇威托（Soweto）的婦人，平時是租用他人後院一小間鐵皮屋獨居，也沒有餘錢購買彩券。

上週下班時路過彩券行，看到許多人排隊買彩券，她一時興起加入隊伍，從皮包裡找到許多銅板湊成 5 鍰，買了一張彩券，並以手動方式自選號碼。開獎時發現自己贏得大獎 1 億 1400 萬鍰時，興奮得難以置信。

這名不願透露姓名的婦人向伊圖巴彩券公司（Ithuba National Lottery）表示，因為生活貧困無力扶養 4 個孩子，她只好將孩子交給家鄉的母親照顧，獨自到約翰尼斯堡打零工賺錢，有時連房租也交不出來，幸虧有兄弟幫忙湊錢接濟她。

南非新聞網站「新聞 24 」（news 24 ）今天引述伊圖巴轉述這名婦人的話表示，對於突然得來的財富，她有簡單規劃。

她說：「我打算利用這筆錢為自己購買一棟房子，也為家鄉的母親購買一棟房子，再買一輛漂亮的車子，開著它經過我前男友家門炫耀一番。他當年因為我貧困而離開我。」

「當然，在買車之前我必須先學會開車，考取駕照。」

她同時表示要為孩子儲備就學基金，接受良好教育。有了這筆錢，她不必再上班，可以有多餘時間陪伴子女成長。

「而且我要親手為孩子們準備一頓豐盛的晚餐，完成我多年以來的夢想。」

報導引述伊圖巴公關部主任姆西齊（Busisiwe Msizi）表示，依循慣例已經在五星級酒店為這位婦人訂好一間豪華套房。當婦人入住時不可置信的說：「這張大床真的屬於我嗎？」

姆西齊同時表示，將介紹心理學家與理財專家給婦人認識，就如何恰當運用這筆一夜致富的巨款提供諮詢。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


title: 武漢疫情作祟 馬來西亞演唱會紛紛取消

countries: 馬來西亞 法國 美國 台灣

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2019 新型冠狀病毒（ 2019 -nCoV）疫情持續蔓延，馬來西亞雖然不算重災區，但為了確保民眾安全，許多演唱會紛紛宣布取消或展延，以預防疫情擴散。

截至目前為止，許多在 2 月及 3 月的演唱會都受到武漢肺炎疫情影響，紛紛取消或展延演唱會，受影響的包括周杰倫、李榮浩、Super Junior 及 Seventeen等，全都顧慮武漢肺炎的疫情可能會升級而紛紛發表聲明宣布取消或改期。

原定 2 月 15 日首度來馬舉辦演唱會的李榮浩，目前決定連同 2 月 19 日倫敦及 2 月 21 日巴黎等地的巡迴演唱會延期舉行。

為了不讓粉絲失望，李榮浩親自在微博上向受影響的歌迷道歉，也祈求大家健康安全，並保證等到疫情過去後，將很快飛過去開唱。他還霸氣強調「說話算話，大家保重」，贏得歌迷歡呼。

周杰倫「嘉年華」世界巡迴演唱會吉隆坡站原定於 2 月 29 日舉行，但主辦單位今天透過臉書公布，由於新型冠狀病毒的情勢不穩定，因此決定將演唱會推遲至 8 月 22 日。主辦單位表示，若買了票而無法出席改期演唱會的粉絲，將會安排退票事項。

南韓天團 Super Junior 原定 3 月 1 日舉辦吉隆坡演唱會，繼在南韓取消粉絲參與回歸秀後，今天也宣布將馬來西亞演唱會延期，但未公布演唱會最新日期。

另一南韓天團Seventeen則乾脆宣布取消馬來西亞站演唱會，礙於武漢肺炎疫情在世界各地蔓延，他們也一併將台灣、馬德里、法國、倫敦及柏林站演唱會取消。

不過，也有部分演唱會未宣布取消，例如美國暢銷爵士音樂家 Kenny G 在 2 月 16 日舉行的雲頂演唱會，目前仍如期舉行；而 3 月 7 日舉行的方大同及南韓團體 Got 7 演唱會，及 3 月 14 日舉行的金在中演唱會，目前也未宣布取消或延期。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


title: 北京勢力擴張之際 歐盟盼擴大在太平洋安全角色

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歐洲聯盟（EU）表示，希望在太平洋地區的安全事務上扮演更重要的角色，要跟中國合作也沒問題。近幾年來，北京已強化對太平洋區域的影響力。

法新社報導，歐盟的太平洋區域大使席姆（Sujiro Seam）在英國脫歐後告訴法新社，他希望歐盟在太平洋地區建立更深層的貿易關係，同時扮演更主動的政治角色。

席姆自去年 9 月起展開 4 年大使任期。他表示，太平洋地區認為歐盟主要是援助捐贈者，有需要時也會幫忙提供人道協助，他的目標在於改變太平洋地區對歐盟的看法。

他在駐地斐濟告訴法新社：「我們是全球規模最大的自由市場。我們透過一系列經濟夥伴協議，給予太平洋島國進入那個自由市場的機會。」

席姆口中的歐盟與太平洋關係「再平衡」，也包括歐盟追求強化軍事和安全合作的雄心。

他表示：「我希望歐盟扮演更突出的政治角色。當然，要有信譽，才有戰略上的政治角色。而信譽源自於我們的本領和實力。所以我們必須涉入安全和防禦議題方面的事務。」

被問及歐盟會以何種形式進行軍事參與，席姆排除「區域援索團（RAMSI）式的行動」。他說，歐洲部隊可在降低氣候變遷衝擊、監視非法漁撈和救災方面提供幫助。

「區域援索團」是以澳洲為首、在索羅門群島的維和任務團，運作時間為 2003 年起至 2017 年止。

歐盟本身並無軍隊，而是仰賴 27 個成員國貢獻兵力。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）

taiwan-subdivisions: 太平 新社

countries: 歐盟 澳洲 索羅門群島 斐濟 英國 中國


title: 助中抗武漢肺炎 印度開放出口部分個人防護設備

countries: 印度 中國

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印度總理莫迪致函中國國家主席習近平，表達願意援助中國對抗武漢肺炎，印度政府今天取消部分個人防護設備的出口禁令，允許拋棄式和手術用口罩和手套出口中國。

印度衛生與家庭福利部今天發出通知，允許手術用口罩以及除丁腈橡膠（NBR）手套以外的所有手套自由出口。

除上述項目允許出口外，這份通知表示，包括N 95 口罩在內的其他個人防護設備，仍在禁止出口之列。

印度衛生與家庭福利部 1 月 31 日宣布，禁止出口各種個人防護設備，包括用於阻擋空氣懸浮顆粒污染的衣服和 N 95 口罩。

2019 新型冠狀病毒（俗稱武漢肺炎， 2019 -nCoV）疫情爆發以後，印度迄今只有 3 名確診病例，都是從武漢返回印度的境外輸入病例；印度以專機從武漢接回約 650 人，檢驗後都呈現陰性。

不像其他出現疫情的亞洲國家一樣，印度人沒有因疫情蔓延而恐慌戴著口罩，沒有出現搶購口罩的情況。

印度媒體今天引述政府消息人士透露，莫迪已致函給習近平，表達印度願與中國政府和人民共同對抗武漢肺炎疫情，印度也願意提供援助，但中國今天有評論批評印度「口惠而不實」，印度政府隨即宣布上述援助措施。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


title: 疫情衝擊 傳北京逾300家企業申請2470億元貸款

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銀行業消息人士透露，為因應武漢肺炎衝擊， 300 多家中國企業已向北京銀行業申請至少人民幣 574 億元（約新台幣 2470 億元）貸款，其中包括小米和中國最大食品外送平台美團外賣。

2 名消息人士今天告訴路透社，北京市金融局已將 2 份申貸企業名單傳送給銀行業，這些企業的貸款很可能獲得快速批准及優惠利率。

手握名單副本的消息人士說，申貸企業除了全球第 4 大智慧手機製造商小米和美團外賣母公司美團點評，還有中國最大叫車平台滴滴出行、人工智慧（AI）技術公司曠視、資安企業奇虎 360 及其他藥廠和餐廳。這些企業若非受到疫情影響最深，便是和抗疫工作有關。

名單還列出每家企業申貸金額，其中小米申請人民幣 50 億元、美團點評申請人民幣 40 億元，滴滴出行申請人民幣 5000 萬元。其中一名消息人士說：「放款決定將由銀行做最後定奪。」

武漢爆發的 2019 新型冠狀病毒肺炎已在中國造成 900 多人身亡，超過 4 萬人確診，當局已封鎖多座城市，切斷交通連結，並關閉群眾聚集場所，盼藉此控制疫情。

（新聞資料來源 : 中央社）


title: 恐懼蔓延全球 武漢肺炎加劇仇外心理

countries: 英國 義大利 中國 美國 法國

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武漢肺炎疫情持續在全球升溫，人心恐慌也在全世界擴大，黃皮膚的亞裔在世界各地受到歧視。美國有線電視新聞網CNN報導，這些現象都源自19世紀以來，對「黃禍」的刻板印象。而華人社會為反制這類種族歧視和仇中情緒等，在社群媒體成立相關字串，例如「我不是病毒」，來為自己發聲。

在巴黎中國城，現在人潮少了一半，因為大家都害怕被感染。儘管確診病患都被隔離在醫院，但中國社區居民的一切都遭迴避，跟病毒聯想在一起。導遊夏曼表示，「地鐵裡有個人突然從座位跳起來，因他發現原來旁邊坐一個中國人，有人拿起圍巾（遮臉），因為他們聽到一個亞洲人在咳嗽，種種氛圍總讓人感到不悅。」

這個月一號，法國一家報紙頭版用「黃禍」當標題，並以一名戴口罩的中國婦女為新聞照片。另外還有一篇相關報導，用的標題是疑問句「新黃禍？」，立刻遭批評用字遣詞既無知而且令人反感。黃禍是19世紀在歐美流傳的種族主義思想，當時美國政府不斷宣稱東亞人不乾淨、不文明、沒有道德，對社會造成威脅。如今這篇報導，再度用黃禍當標題，可說是最惡劣的種族主義。報社火速道歉，表示並非故意將亞洲人的種族刻板印象延續。美國有線電視新聞網CNN指出，傷害無法彌補，這篇報導也不是罪魁禍首，而是反中國情緒最新的一波浪潮。

而在義大利，目前有30萬中國人在此定居，每年有500萬中國遊客到此一遊，早已是義大利舉足輕重的經濟來源。當義大利出現確診病例，當局的處理陷入兩難，一邊宣布進入緊急狀態六個月，同時還希望相關資金的挹注，不要受到太大影響。但各社區已掀起反中情緒，包括發生羅馬知名景點特雷維噴泉旁的酒吧，張貼禁止中國顧客的告示。羅馬一所音樂學校通知東亞學生不要來上課等，甚至義大利北部地區的四位大區首長，要求從中國旅行回國的兒童，在14天內不要上學。義大利政府譴責地方政府的反應，總理孔蒂也表示這種恐慌也毫無正當性。國際特赦組織表示，這是可恥的仇外心理浪潮。

面對這類種族歧視、仇中情緒，全球華人社會有部分選擇默默承受，也有人則在社群媒體成立相關字串，例如我不是病毒，來為自己發聲。根據英國廣播公司BBC的報導，一位在羅馬競技場附近開中國餐廳的老闆娘表示，生意慘跌已經夠慘，她的女兒在學校被欺負，不想去上學。她也只能告訴女兒，「如果待在家裡，大家反而會認為妳感染了病毒。」


title: 千里送藥 困湖北台灣血友病童獲救命丹

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一名患有重型血友病的台灣男童，過年跟著親人到湖北探親，但碰上武漢肺炎無法返台，幾乎沒藥可用，家屬求助海基會，海基會也聯繫一位台商會幫忙送藥，經過各方協助，藥今天成功送到病童手上。

照片左邊的這位正是千里送藥的幕後功臣，他是湖北荊門台商會長簡俊男，這趟送藥任務起因於一名患有血友病的台灣男童隨家人到湖北探親，碰上武漢肺炎受困湖北荊門無法返台，施打針劑只剩一劑，情況險峻，家屬在春節期間趕緊求助海基會，簡俊男聽聞情況後也立刻點頭答應幫忙送藥。

海基會副秘書長蔡孟君說：「這個疫情的影響的關係，這個任務他跨越了海峽，路程也超過了千里。這個過程當中，充分了體現我們國人之間相互扶持、相互幫助，無私助人的一個精神。」

由於時間緊迫，海基會8號晚間先南下高雄取藥，9號下午1點25分搭機飛往河南鄭州，4點左右抵達，鄭州台協隨即派人到機場取藥，接著驅車趕往河南、湖北省交界的桐柏服務區交接，最後再由簡俊男將藥交給病童母親。順利完成這項接力任務，海基會感謝台商們大力協助，簡俊男則是低調不居功：「第一時間大家聽到了消息之後，就全部全力以赴的來幫忙，所以我是覺得這個還滿可貴的，看到台灣人在這邊這樣的狀況，我們不協助嗎？」
 高醫大附設中和紀念醫院院長侯明鋒說：「重點是這個藥物大陸目前沒有，是因為這樣子，所以後來知道湖北武漢封城之後他們就沒辦法回來，特別通融所以先把藥物，再由家屬領回去。」

高醫則表示，罹患重型血友病的患者，每周必須施打一次藥劑，否則可能造成關節全身出血的危險性，因此，這回千里送藥對病童來說可是救命的及時雨，而為了避免第一趟武漢包機撤僑引發爭議，傳出第二波武漢包機撤僑定調採用我國飛機直飛，也安排防疫人員跟隨，海基會則回應，政府會秉持人道優先的原則來處理。

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 中和 成功


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Virus Outbreak: Temporary ban on HK, Macau residents

CECC:Exceptions will be made for certain categories of people, the health minister said. A second person who had the virus could be released from hospital this week
A woman yesterday photographs a notice in New Taipei City showing where people can buy alcohol to disinfect against the 2019 novel coronavirus.Photo: David Chang, EPA-EFE
Starting today, visitors and students from Hong Kong and Macau are banned from entering Taiwan, with a few exceptions, as part of the government’s temporary measures aimed at preventing the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

The outbreak in China’s Guangdong Province is still serious, with more than 1,000 confirmed cases, and “there is very frequent and high cross-border mobility between Guangdong and Hong Kong or Macau,” Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said at the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) in Taipei.

“Although we have already announced that passengers from or those who have transited in Hong Kong or Macau must be put under home quarantine for 14 days, we want to enhance disease prevention at the border,” he said.

Exceptions would be made for people with business contracts to fulfill, multinational corporation employees who are being transferred, and the spouses or children under the age of 18 of Taiwanese who have already obtained an Alien Resident Certificate, he said.

Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Chen Ming-chi (陳明祺) said those exempted would be put under 14-day home quarantine upon arrival.

Hong Kongers and Macanese who have obtained entry and exit permits would be asked to postpone their trips, Chen Ming-chi said.

Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) said the ministry has asked universities to propose plans to assist Chinese students in enrolling in courses, keeping their student status, taking leaves of absence, as well as organizing online courses.

It is reviewing the plans, which are to be expanded to include students from Hong Kong and Macau, he said.

There are a total of 10,844 students from Hong Kong and Macau studying in Taiwan, and 7,972 of them have not returned to Taiwan since the winter break.

As the CECC announced that starting on Friday travelers from Hong Kong and Macau would have to enter home quarantine for 14 days, students who entered Taiwan between Friday and yesterday would have to stay at home for 14 days before returning to school, Pan added.

Meanwhile, Straits Exchange Foundation spokesperson Tsai Meng-chun (蔡孟君) said the foundation would remain in close contact with Taiwanese in China and provide timely assistance if they need help, after Beijing authorities announced that the city was enacting 10 “enclosed management” measures to boost inspection and screening efforts on people returning to Beijing, and tighten controls on people entering and exiting certain facilities and communities.

Shanghai announced similar steps.

Asked if the MAC has measures in place after all cross-strait flights, except those between Taiwan and five Chinese airports, were suspended as of yesterday, and Beijing and Shanghai enacted semi-lockdowns, Chen Ming-chi said the council’s response would be decided according to the CECC’s instructions.

Whether all cross-strait flights should be suspended was still under discussion, he said.

In other developments, the CECC said a second 2019-nCoV patient could soon be discharged.

Two consecutive tests showed the man is not contagious and he could be released this week.

The businessman — who returned from Wuhan on Jan. 12 — was Taiwan’s 10th confirmed case, the health minister said.

Including the businessman, a total of 477 people have been identified as having come in contact with the first seven people in Taiwan confirmed to have the coronavirus, Chen Shih-chung said.


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Virus Outbreak: Businessman delivers medicine to child in Hubei

A Taiwanese businessman drove hundreds of kilometers from a city in the Chinese province of Hubei that is sealed off due to the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak to pick up medicine for a Taiwanese child with hemophilia trapped in the city.

Chien Chun-nan (簡俊男), head of the association of Taiwanese businesspeople in Hubei’s Jingmen, on Sunday helped the Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) deliver the medicine, SEF Vice Chairman Yao Jen-to (姚人多) said on Facebook yesterday.

“Just now, Chien of the Jingmen Taiwan business association successfully handed the shots of hemophilia medicine to the mother” of the sick child, Yao wrote.

He thanked many people — especially leaders of Taiwanese business associations — for completing the “thousand mile” drug delivery mission.

Yao said that after receiving an appeal from the parents in Hubei, the center of the outbreak, the SEF asked Chien if he could pick up the medicine delivered from Taiwan to Zhengzhou in Henan Province, 500km from Jingmen.

After learning about the urgent need, Chien promised he would do everything in his power to help.

“If necessary, I will go to Zhengzhou myself,” Yao quoted Chien as saying, adding that it was that promise that made the mission possible.

Under time pressure, one of his SEF colleagues volunteered to deliver the medicine from Kaohsiung to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, where Mandarin Airlines agreed to ship it to Zhengzhou on Sunday, Yao said, thanking the Taiwanese carrier for helping.

Soon after the airplane arrived in Zhengzhou, the Taiwan business association in the city had someone pick up the medicine at the airport and drive to the provincial border to hand it to Chien, who was waiting there, Yao added.

Under China’s stringent anti-epidemic border controls, no vehicles in Henan are allowed to cross into other provinces, he said.

Chien then drove back to Jingmen to deliver the medicine to the mother, by which time it was already several minutes past midnight, Yao wrote, adding that after the trip Chien had to drive another 120km home.

Yao said most leaders of Taiwanese business associations in China are like Chien, prepared to spare no effort to help their compatriots in need.

“Thank you all. I want to deliver my heartfelt thanks to the Taiwanese businesspeople who helped their compatriots in China during this challenging time,” he wrote.

According to the SEF, the father of the hemophiliac appealed for help on Jan. 27, saying that his wife and child flew to Jingmen for a family reunion on Jan. 19, five days before the city was sealed off amid the outbreak.

The father, a Kaohsiung resident, said that his son is a severe hemophiliac and needs weekly shots of an innovative medicine to prevent hemorrhaging.

The medicine is not available in China and his son had only one last dose left for Sunday, SEF officials said in a news release yesterday.

The mother and son were not included on a chartered flight commissioned to evacuate Taiwanese from Wuhan back to Taiwan on Monday last week.

The flight, which carried 247 people, has been criticized by some for prioritizing not those in need, but people with privilege.

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Samsung debuts more compact foldable phone

‘NEW ERA’:The Galaxy Z Flip ad shows a smaller and more compact model than its original foldable phone and is to come in at least black and purple options
Samsung Electronics Co on Sunday gave the world its first official look at the company’s upcoming, more compact foldable smartphone in a commercial that aired during the Academy Awards ceremony.

The brief advertisement shows off the device’s square-folded shape, tiny notification panel on the exterior and large widescreen display on the inside.

Scheduled for a glitzy launch event today in San Francisco, the phone represents Samsung’s effort to “define a new era,” in the words of its new mobile chief, Taemoon Roh.

The device will be known as the Galaxy Z Flip, people familiar with Samsung’s plans said, and Bloomberg News earlier reported that there would be a special edition in collaboration with fashion designer Thom Browne.

Smaller and more compact than Samsung’s original foldable — the book-like Galaxy Fold — this squarer device harkens back to the familiar form of flip phones, albeit at a larger size.

Samsung’s commercial shows some camera interface optimizations for using only half the screen, with the semi-folded device acting as its own stand.

The phone will come in at least black and purple, according to the advertisement.

The South Korea-based technology giant is also expected to debut a trio of new phones in its flagship Galaxy S family, all launching under the Galaxy S20 banner at the same event as the new foldable device.

Separately, Samsung Electronics plans to restart production at its TV factory in Tianjin, China, on Monday next week, in line with the city government’s guidelines, a spokesman said yesterday.

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title: Green transport set to overtake cars by 2030: study

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From public transport to cycling, sustainable transport is on course to overtake driving in the world’s biggest cities within a decade, a study released yesterday said.

Private car trips would drop by 10 percent on average by 2030 to make up less than half of all city journeys, while public transport, walking and bicycle would all increase in popularity, the Mobility Futures study found.

“It’s a job for every mayor, for every city government to do something,” said Rolf Kullen, mobility director at research consultancy firm Kantar, which produced the study, based on surveys in 31 cities.

“Cities are beginning to understand that you do not build your city around a certain means of transport .. You should build your city around the people,” he said.

More than half the world’s population lives in cities and that is expected to rise to almost 70 percent by 2050, creating increasing pressure for space.

Many urban authorities battling gridlocked centers and air pollution are looking to discourage private car journeys, while a boom in bike-sharing schemes and electric-powered small vehicles are giving residents new ways to get around.

Private car journeys currently represent just more than half of all trips made in major cities, but would sink to 46 percent by 2030, said the researchers who surveyed more than 200,000 residents in cities from New York to Nairobi.

Trips made on public transport, bicycle or on foot would all rise to reach a combined 49 percent of city journeys over the same period, creating a global “tipping point” toward sustainable travel, the study found.

Much of the change is being driven by a rise in rental transport schemes and moves by authorities to share the streets, the researchers said, while a generational shift has seen younger people embrace new ways to get around.

About 40 percent of people globally said they were open to new forms of travel, but cities must act to invest in technology, such as digital payments and sharing schemes, to enable the shift toward greener transport, they said.

Growing awareness of pollution and congestion caused by car use was helping to drive change, but said cities should go further, Yoann Le Petit from environmental campaign group Transport And Environment said.

“We are witnessing this trend, but we should not just relax and lay back,” he said.

“We should really make sure that the alternatives to a private car are zero-emission, are shared and are attractive at the same time,” he added.

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title: Hot pot shares slump on confirmed coronavirus cases

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Chinese hot pot shares fell yesterday in Hong Kong after members of the same family who shared a large dinner last month were confirmed to have the 2019 novel coronavirus.

Shares of Xiabuxiabu Catering Management China Holdings Co (呷哺呷哺餐飲管理), a major hot pot restaurant operator, fell as much as 8.3 percent before closing down 7.1 percent.

Peer Haidilao International Holding Ltd (海底撈國際控股) shares closed 4.8 percent lower, while those of Yihai International Holding Ltd (頤海國際控股), which makes seasonings and sauce products for hot pot, dropped 2.7 percent.

Nine of 19 people who joined a family gathering on Jan. 26 have been infected with the coronavirus after sharing a hot pot and barbecue meal, the Hong Kong Department of Health said on Sunday.

The hot pot sector was a strong spot for the struggling Hong Kong Stock Market last year.

Yihai was one of the Hang Seng Composite Index’s best-performing shares with a 139 percent surge, while Haidilao shares rose 82 percent.

Both are near last year’s closing levels, while Xiabuxiabu shares have fallen 22 percent this year, making it one of the index’s biggest decliners.

Hong Kong shares yesterday closed lower with investors concerned about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China.

The Hang Seng Index slid 0.59 percent to close at 27,241.34 points, while China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.5 percent at 2,890.49 points.

Additional reporting by AFP

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title: China’s producer prices halt declines

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A vendor sits at a fruit stall at a market in Beijing yesterday.Photo: EPA-EFE
China’s factory gate prices snapped six months of year-on-year declines last month, although prolonged business closures from the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak mean positive momentum is unlikely to persist.

The virus has killed more than 900 in China and has also added to price pressures, with consumer inflation hitting a more than eight-year high, as government restrictions on movement drove residents to stock up on essentials.

China’s producer price index (PPI) rose 0.1 percent from a year earlier, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics yesterday showed, in line with expectations tipped by a Reuters poll of analysts and reversing a 0.5 percent drop in December.

Analysts attributed the rise to improving activity in the industrial sector at the end of last year, buoyed by a trade truce with the US and government stimulus, which finally appeared to gain traction.

However, those gains are not expected to be sustained amid growing economic headwinds from the novel coronavirus.

“Notwithstanding different coronavirus scenarios, we maintain our view that China’s mini-cycle recovery will be delayed, but not derailed,” Morgan Stanley economists said in a note to clients yesterday.

Morgan Stanley estimates that the coronavirus could slash up to 2 percentage points off China’s first-quarter growth if factory suspensions nationwide would continue beyond this month.

The epidemic, which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has infected more than 40,000 people in the nation, forcing Beijing to extend holidays in key manufacturing bases and impose severe controls in major cities.

Movement of goods and people has also been severely disrupted, with some firms — including South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and Japan’s Nintendo Co — expecting major disruptions in their supply chains.

This has prompted some economists to drastically lower their GDP growth estimates for the first quarter and the full year.

Beijing is mulling slashing its full-year growth target of about 6 percent and readying fiscal and monetary stimulus to counter the effects of the outbreak, policy sources have said.

China’s consumer price index rose 5.4 percent from a year earlier last month, beating the 4.9 percent rise tipped by a Reuters poll of analysts and a 4.5 percent rise in December. It was also the fastest acceleration since October 2011.

The bureau in a commentary on the data attributed the acceleration in consumer prices to the Lunar New Year holiday, the coronavirus outbreak and a lower base from last year.

Food prices surged 20.6 percent last month from a year earlier, while pork prices more than doubled.

“We believe the coronavirus outbreak may keep CPI inflation above 4.0 percent y-o-y in H1 2020 due both to hoarding by households (e.g., food and other supplies), disruptions to transport and supply shocks as a result of those lockdowns,” Nomura Holdings Inc analysts said in a note yesterday. “That said, we believe PPI inflation is poised to decline due to a big slowdown in property and infrastructure investment.”

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Local equities yesterday closed moderately lower after recovering most of their earlier losses on the back of bargain hunters, but investors remained concerned that the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak could disrupt the production of Taiwanese manufacturers in China.

Bargain hunting focused on large-cap technology shares such as contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) and iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), helping the broader market recoup its earlier losses, dealers said.

Government funds were rumored to be buying financial heavyweights in a bid to prevent the market from falling further, a move to comfort investors at a time of contagion, dealers added.

The TAIEX closed down 38.74 points, or 0.33 percent, at 11,574.07, on turnover of NT$130.789 billion (US$4.34 billion).

“It seems that there was strong technical support at about 11,400 points so some investors appeared willing to buy the dips for the moment, while worries over production disruption in China still weighed on market sentiment,” equity market analyst Andy Hsu (許博傑) said.

“I am worried that Hon Hai and other Taiwanese manufacturers in China will not have enough workers in the initial stage of production resumption due to the restrictions on people’s movement in many Chinese cities amid the virus scare,” Hsu said. “It is possible that only 30 to 40 percent of their production will be utilized in the initial phase.”

TSMC shares fell 0.15 percent to close at NT$327.5 in Taipei trading, coming off an earlier low of NT$321, while Hon Hai shares fell 1.09 percent to close at NT$82 after hitting a low of NT$78.9.

In the electronics sector, shares of Largan Precision Co (大立光), a supplier of smartphone camera lenses to Apple Inc, lost 0.11 percent to close at NT$4,750, while shares of flat-panel maker AU Optronics Corp (友達光電) rose 4.07 percent to close at NT$11.5 and those of local rival Innolux Corp (群創) gained 2.08 percent to NT$9.32 on hopes that buyers would shift orders from major Chinese manufacturers with production facilities in Wuhan.

Bargain hunters also focused on the financial sector, Hsu said.

“The buying of financial shares prompted me to conclude that government-led funds entered the market today in a bid to shore up confidence,” he said.

Mega Financial Holding Co (兆豐金控) shares rose 0.16 percent to close at NT$32.05 and Yuanta Financial Holding Co (元大金控) shares added 0.49 percent to NT$20.4, while those of CTCB Financial Holding Co (中信金控) were unchanged at NT$22.5.

“The TAIEX is expected to continue in consolidation mode amid Wuhan virus concerns and if there is any technical rebound, the nearest ceiling could be at about 11,700 points,” Hsu said.

Foreign institutional investors yesterday sold a net NT$4.54 billion of shares, Taiwan Stock Exchange data showed.

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title: Hon Hai struggling to resume work

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Hon Hai struggling to resume work

STOPPAGE:While a report said the iPhone maker has received the green light for its Zhengzhou plant, less than 10 percent of its employees have returned to work
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), Apple Inc’s largest iPhone assembler, yesterday said it has received approval from the Chinese government to resume production at its plant in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, Reuters reported, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Although the company, which is internationally known as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), last week said it aimed to resume full production in China by yesterday, only about 16,000 employees, or less than 10 percent of its workforce, have returned to work at the Zhengzhou plant.

Hon Hai issued a statement saying it was working with Chinese local governments to resume production in an orderly manner.

The company, which hopes to restart production at its plants in Shenzhen and Kunshan, Guandong Province, said it would follow rules set by local governments and that employee safety is its top priority.

Its Shenzhen plant, which is responsible for developing Apple’s new iPhone models, which are expected to be launched in the second half of the year, is set to resume about 30 to 50 percent of production in a week’s time given the circumstances, TF International Securities Group Co (天風國際證券) analyst Kuo Ming-chi (郭明錤) said in a report on Sunday.

Kuo said Hon Hai is seeking to expand production at its Taiyuan plant in China’s Shanxi Province, as well as its Indian plants to make up for the delays.

The company yesterday reported an 11.96 percent year-on-year fall in revenue last month to NT$364.57 billion (US$12.11 billion).

Hon Hai chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉) last week trimmed the company’s full-year revenue forecast to growth of 1 to 3 percent due to the production delays.

Another iPhone assembler, Pegatron Corp (和碩), is also facing challenges in resuming its China production, Kuo said.

Its Shanghai plant, which produces Apple’s iPhone 11 series while also serving as a development center for upcoming models, has resumed 90 percent of its production on Monday last week, Kuo said.

However, production at its Kunshan plant, which is focused on developing a second-generation iPhone SE, was delayed by a few days and has not recovered about 40 to 60 percent of its workforce, Kuo said.

The company declined to comment about its individual plants, saying it is complying with local regulations as it resumes business operations and production.

Pegatron saw a 22 percent year-on-year decline in sales to NT$95.65 billion last month.

Contract electronics manufacturer Wistron Corp (緯創), also an Apple supplier, yesterday said it is resuming production at its China plants successively.

“We have obtained approval from local authorities to launch production for some of our plants today [yesterday],” public relations director Joyce Chou (周文玲) said by telephone, adding that other plants are awaiting official notice.

“Each part of a production plant, including the cafeteria, is sectioned off, cleaned and sterilized before a thorough examination,” Chou said.

Other plants that have not ceased production during the Lunar New Year holiday are allowed to continue, Chou said.

Taiwan-based PC original design manufacturers have also encountered production delays.

Inventec Corp (英業達), which saw sales month decline 35.39 percent to NT$29.38 billion, said it has only resumed part of its production in China.

“Some of our employees have been quarantined and placed under surveillance... Our new recruits are also subject to such anti-epidemic measures,” a company official surnamed Chang (張) said in an e-mail.

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The SuperStar Aquarius cruise ship sails into the Port of Keelung yesterday.Photo courtesy of JPwalker
The SuperStar Aquarius cruise ship yesterday returned to the Port of Keelung after the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) on Saturday confirmed that its passengers and crew members were not infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus.

The international cruise ship had docked at the port on Saturday, when disease control officers boarded the ship to conduct inspections.

None of the ship’s 1,738 passengers and 776 crew members were found to have contracted the virus, which has so far killed more than 800 people in China, CDC officials said.

All passengers were allowed to disembark after the inspection, which lasted almost nine hours, while the crew members were asked to remain on board. The ship was on Sunday asked to temporarily leave the port according to government regulations.

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) then convened a meeting to discuss if and how the ship should be allowed to return to port, said One for All Public Relations Consultants, which represents the cruise line in Taiwan.

It was decided that the cruise ship should dock in a “non-operative mode,” meaning that its operator must not allow Taiwanese passengers to embark during the port stay, the company said.

However, the operator is allowed to replenish supplies and alternate crew members, it added.

“We have been paying close attention to the latest developments on the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak and are doing everything we can to comply with the government’s disease-prevention policy and inspection measures to block further spread of the disease. We would also regularly disinfect the ship, take the temperatures of our crew members and ensure that they wear masks,” the company said.

Taiwan International Ports Corp executive vice president Wang Pai-feng (王派峰) said that the ship is docked at the No. 4 pier on the west side of the port.

The SuperStar Aquarius has been using Keelung as its home port, which is why nearly all of the passengers on board were Taiwanese, Wang said.

However, the crew members come from nearly two dozen nations, including the Philippines, China, Nepal, Indonesia and India, he said.

All Chinese crew members, as well as those who have traveled to China, Hong Kong or Macau over the past two weeks, are banned from disembarking, according to CECC policy.

The port company would make sure that the alternation of the ship’s crew would be carried out in accordance with the center’s instructions, Wang said.

If there is no further instruction from the center on the matter, it would follow standard customs inspection, quarantine and security procedures, he said.

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title: Virus not a threat to financial firms’ standing: agency

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The 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak does not pose an immediate or evident threat to the creditworthiness of Taiwan’s financial services companies, despite the close economic ties between Taiwan and China, according to Taiwan Ratings Co (中華信評), the local arm of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings.

The novel coronavirus has had a strong detrimental effect on the industrial output and flow of goods within China, and has disrupted the operations of many major Taiwanese companies in the process, the ratings agency said, adding that the degree of event risk varies by industry.

“While the immediate economic impact on China is visible, we believe Taiwanese banks have good capital buffers to cushion against the potential fallout from the outbreak,” Taiwan Ratings credit analyst Lan Yu-han (藍于涵) said in a note on Friday.

These buffers should protect banks against deteriorating asset quality or loan growth as economic activity slows, she said.

The average Tier 1 capital ratio for banks operating in Taiwan stood at 11.84 percent as of the end of September last year, Taiwan Ratings data showed.

Taiwanese banks already scaled down their China exposure to about 4 percent of their total asset book before the outbreak, Lan said.

Decreased China exposure had much to do with risk aversion on the part of Taiwanese banks amid the US-China trade dispute, she said.

Lending to the transportation, lodging and dining sectors, which have been hit hard by the outbreak, accounts for less than 5 percent of banks’ total loan book, Taiwan Ratings data showed.

A prolonged outbreak well into the second quarter would heighten the risk of a plunge in property prices in Taiwan and trigger a knock-on effect on banks’ mortgage exposure, Lan said.

Should this scenario materialize, the exposure is likely to be manageable, because banks generally keep relatively low loan-to-value ratios for their mortgage operations, she said.

On the other hand, Taiwanese life insurers are more vulnerable to potential capital market shocks as the outbreak evolves, the ratings agency said.

That is because insurers’ credit profiles are more susceptible to market jolts, it said.

A material downturn in the equity market would weaken insurers’ capitalizations, which offer only a thin buffer against volatility, she said.

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Virus Outbreak: CECC to boost mask supply for health facilities, patients

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, front center, accompanied by Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director-General Chou Jih-haw, front left, and CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo, front right, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.Photo: CNA
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday said that it would increase the number of masks allocated to healthcare facilities to ensure they have adequate supplies for about 15 days and would provide about 130,000 masks to patients with special needs.

Demand for masks has surged amid fears over the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, and shortages have forced the government to ration masks to two per person per week to be purchased at pharmacies contracted by the National Health Insurance Administration.

Starting today, the number of masks delivered to healthcare facilities would be increased from an average of 850,000 per day to 1.7 million per day, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), head of the CECC, told a news conference last night.

The center had asked local health departments to allocate 65 percent of masks to healthcare facilities, so hospitals and clinics have adequate supplies, but there are not enough masks in stock for the days ahead, Chen said.

He said as the daily production volume of masks has increased to an average of more than 4.2 million per day, the center would make up the deficit at healthcare facilities to meet safe inventory levels — at least seven to eight days and up to 15 days for hospitals, and about three to four days for clinics.

Each registered physician at clinics would receive 10 masks per day, which would include masks for interns, assistants, nurses, administrative and other personnel, Chen said.

About 130,000 masks would also be provided to hospitalized patients who are undergoing chemotherapy or radioactive iodine therapy and those with autoimmune disease or undergoing dialysis, as well as one person accompanying them in hospital, he said.

The patients must register with hospitals to receive the masks, the center said.

Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) said that there are about 36,800 registered physicians at clinics, about 32,000 people undergoing dialysis per day, about 1,100 people on chemotherapy and radioactive iodine therapy, and about 97,000 people hospitalized per day.

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TSMC revenue tops NT$100bn for a sixth month

RESILIENT:Despite fewer working days due to the Lunar New Year holiday, the world’s largest contract chipmaker still saw sales rise on surging demand for high-end phones
Bolstered by solid demand for smartphones, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, yesterday reported that revenue topped NT$100 billion (US$3.32 billion) for a sixth straight month last month.

Consolidated sales last month rose 0.4 percent from a month earlier to NT$103.68 billion, the company said in a statement.

The increase was driven by rising global demand for high-end smartphones, allowing it to post growth in a slow season, analysts said.

On a year-on-year basis, last month’s sales rose 32.8 percent, showing that the reduced number of working days because of the Lunar New Year holiday had little effect on the foundry company’s revenue, analysts said.

The increase in revenue also suggested that TSMC has yet to see negative effects from the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, and has led to lockdowns of many Chinese cities.

TSMC said its fabs in Nanjing and in Shanghai’s Songjiang District were fully back at work yesterday as scheduled after the Lunar New Year holiday, and that it was complying with epidemic regulations set by the Chinese government.

The chipmaker had been running its 12-inch fab in Nanjing and 8-inch fab in Songjiang 24 hours a day during the holiday, but non-manufacturing employees returned to work yesterday, it said.

TSMC said it would prioritize epidemic prevention at the two plants in the coming weeks and continue to follow developments closely.

The company last week said it was sticking to its first-quarter revenue forecast of between US$10.2 billion and US$10.3 billion in view of what it saw as the minimal impact of the outbreak.

The forecast was based mainly on strong demand for 5G smartphones as the world enters the 5G era, triggering waves of replacements, which should offset the effects of the typically slow season in the chip industry, TSMC told an investors’ conference last month.

Separately, handset chip designer MediaTek Inc (聯發科) reported consolidated sales of NT$19.82 billion for last month, down 10.28 percent from NT$22.09 billion in the previous month.

On an annual basis, sales grew 22.02 percent from NT$16.24 billion, it said in a regulatory filing.

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Virus Outbreak: KMT proposes bill to set budget for outbreak relief

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus secretary-general Chiang Wan-an, center, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday as KMT caucus whip Lin Wei-chou, right, and KMT caucus deputy secretary-general Lin Yi-hua look on.Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday proposed a bill that would set aside a special budget of NT$50 billion (US$1.66 billion) to help the public and industries bear the likely economic effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak.

China is the world’s second-largest economy, and has close economic and trade relations with Taiwan, KMT caucus secretary-general Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said, adding that he expects the outbreak to “have a greater economic effect on Taiwan than SARS.”

The government should implement precautionary measures and propose a “bailout bill” to show its commitment to outbreak response, and to stabilize the economy and allay people’s fears, Chiang said.

The KMT’s draft includes educational subsidies and living allowances for the children or dependents of epidemic prevention personnel who die from the virus; bailouts, extended loans or subsidies for outbreak-affected industries — such as the travel, tourism and food industries; time off work for people placed in mandatory quarantine; clear rules for epidemic prevention-related childcare leave; and rewards for developing a vaccine for the virus, he said.

If other parties have similar bills, they should propose them soon, he said, calling for hearings take place as soon as possible.

KMT caucus whip Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) said that he hopes a meeting schedule can be set at cross-party negotiations this week.

Other opposition parties have similar ideas and hope that a special budget would be implemented for outbreak response, Lin said.

KMT Legislator Chen Yu-jen (陳玉珍) said that the party is taking precautionary measures by proposing a bill before the economic effects materialize.

Relying on the government’s second reserve fund or the public budget for outbreak relief would crowd out other budget items, Chen said.

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title: Virus Outbreak: Food service sector hit by cancelations

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By Chang Ching-ya,
Hsu Guo-chen and Dennis Xie / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Taichung Dan Tzyy Mian building is pictured on Sunday.Photo: Chang Ching-ya, Taipei Times
Some businesses in Taiwan’s food service industry have begun offering unpaid leave to their employees and readjusting personnel to cut their losses amid canceled reservations due to the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak.

Taichung Dan Tzyy Mian, a wedding and party banquet hall operator, has incurred a loss of nearly NT$3 million (US$99,661) due to falling bookings amid the outbreak, with no weddings scheduled for the rest of this month, the owner of the 34-year-old company, Chou Wen-tao (周文道), said on Sunday.

Many companies have canceled their spring banquet bookings, with the number of canceled tables reaching nearly 400, he said.

As the cancelations have put the company in a difficult situation, it negotiated with its personnel to offer unpaid leave of two to three days per month to its 70 staff members, Chou said.

It is a measure of expediency that would sustain the company while ensuring its employees their livelihood, he said.

The banquet hall and dining services would remain open, Chen added.

The unpaid leave policy would cease once the outbreak is under control and customers return, he said.

Taichung-based Tempus Hotel on Friday announced on its Web site and Facebook page that its hot pot restaurant would be temporarily closed until April 30 and the employees would be transferred to two other restaurants in the hotel during the period.

To minimize losses, some hoteliers have launched food delivery services and special promotions to attract customers, and reduced staff by not hiring part-time workers.

A shrimp restaurant in Taichung has protected its business by using promotions and reassuring diners about disease prevention efforts taken by its staff, said the restaurant owner, surnamed Hsieh (謝).

The public has demonstrated an awareness for good health management, as diners who walk in ask the staff to measure their temperature and ask for hand sanitizer, Hsieh said, adding that the restaurant uses more than 1 liter of sanitizer per day.

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Virus Outbreak: Virus might infect without symptoms

DIFFICULTY:A woman with 2019-nCoV infected her husband only one day after she started showing symptoms, which might mean she was infectious before
Students at a school in Nantou County yesterday follow a teacher’s instruction for how to wash their hands.Photo courtesy of Nantou County Government
A Taiwanese epidemiologist yesterday said that it is “almost certain” that people infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) can be infectious without showing symptoms, which might make controlling the virus much harder.

Academia Sinica epidemiologist Ho Mei-shang (何美鄉) said that she drew the conclusion from the interactions between the fifth and eighth confirmed 2019-nCoV cases in Taiwan.

The fifth case is a woman who is believed to have been infected while working in China. She returned to Taiwan on Jan. 20 and apparently infected her husband.

The woman did not start showing symptoms until Jan. 25, while the husband started showing symptoms just a day later, Ho said.

If people have to be symptomatic to transmit the disease, that would mean the incubation period for the husband was only one day, which is unlikely given the studies on the virus, she said.

That means the fifth patient was likely infectious before she became symptomatic, which would make controlling the outbreak more difficult than SARS, said Ho, who was involved in the fight against SARS in 2003.

People with SARS became infectious after showing symptoms, making it easier to track down a patient’s medical history, including when they might have been infected, Ho said.

The WHO on its Web site has said that estimates of the incubation period range from one to 12.5 days, with median estimates of five to six days, so a one-day incubation period might not be impossible.

However, the issue gained renewed urgency when Taiwan confirmed its first asymptomatic patient on Sunday.

The patient, a man in his 20s, is the younger son of a couple who were diagnosed with 2019-nCoV on Thursday after the family transited in Hong Kong on Feb. 1 following a trip to Italy.

It is believed that the man was exposed to the same origin of the virus — on one of their flights, at Hong Kong International Airport or somewhere in Italy — as his family members, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said, adding that it was still unclear whether he was infectious.

Based on the asymptomatic case, CECC deputy chief Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) yesterday said that the center would now screen everyone who has lived in the same residence as confirmed patients or who had “high-risk close contact” with a confirmed patient, rather than only those who are symptomatic.

Ho said that she supports the government boosting screening of everyone who has had close contact with confirmed cases, regardless of whether they are symptomatic, considering that asymptomatic patients could possibly transmit the virus.

She also suggested that health authorities conduct another round of tests on Taiwanese who have returned home on a charter flight from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, on Feb. 3 to make sure they are not infected.

As the virus spreads mainly via airborne droplets, Ho urged people not to touch their mouths, noses or eyes until after washing their hands to prevent an infection.

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Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ makes history at Oscars

FOUR WINS:A Korean film had never won an Oscar, but on Sunday night in LA, a surprised Bong and his team took four awards in a night of other firsts
Bong Joon-ho poses in the press room after winning an Oscar for best director and best international feature film for Parasite during the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.Photo: EPA-EFE
In a milestone win that instantly expanded the Oscars’ horizons, Bong Joon-ho’s masterfully devious class satire Parasite became the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards.

Parasite took Hollywood’s top prize on Sunday night, along with awards for best director, best international film and best screenplay.

True to its name, Parasite simply got under the skin of Oscar voters, attaching itself to the awards season and, ultimately, to history.

Multiple standing ovations greeted Bong’s several wins.

“I am ready to drink tonight,” Bong said, prompting roars from the crowd.

Unexpectedly called up again for best director, Bong saluted his fellow nominees, particularly Martin Scorsese, and concluded: “Now I’m ready to drink until tomorrow.”

After the Dolby Theatre had emptied, the Parasite team still remained on the stage, soaking in their win. Backstage, Bong was still gobsmacked.

“It’s really f_-ing crazy,” he told reporters, clutching his awards.

No Korean film had ever won an Oscar before.

Sam Mendes’ World War I film 1917, made to seem one continuous shot, had been the clear favorite heading into the Oscars, having won nearly all the precursor awards, but in the end it went home with three awards for its technical virtuosity: Roger Deakins’ cinematography, visual effects and sound mixing.

All of the acting winners — Brad Pitt, Renee Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix and Laura Dern — went as expected.

There were milestones beyond Parasite. In winning best adapted screenplay for his Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit, New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi became the first indigenous director ever to win an Oscar.

He dedicated the award to “all the indigenous kids in the world who want to do art, dance and write stories.”

Joker composer Hildur Gudnadottir became only the third woman to win best original score.

Netflix’s American Factory, the first release from former US president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Production, won best documentary.

Carol Dysinger’s Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) about Afghan girls skateboarding took home the Oscar for best documentary short.

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people: 郝龍斌 吳斯懷 蔡英文 江啟臣

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By Lu Yi-hsuan and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
A handout photograph from the Ministry of National Defense shows a Chinese H-6 bomber, bottom, flying over the Bashi Channel yesterday as a Taiwanese F-16, top, approaches, before the Chinese aircraft returned to its base.Photo: EPA-EFE
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday issued a stern protest to China over “provocative” maneuvers by People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft in the Taiwan Strait for a second consecutive day, the first time in nearly a year that PLA planes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait into Taiwan’s airspace.

The Chinese Communist Party should be devoting all its energies to containing the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, the council said.

“It was not a wise move at a time like this,” it said.

The council demanded that China not try to stir up nationalist sentiment at home with attempts at military intimidation of Taiwan in an attempt to divert domestic attention away from the increasing numbers of coronavirus cases.

The Ministry of National Defense, which scrambled its F-16 jets for a second day yesterday, identified the aircraft as “a certain number of H-6 bombers and escort planes.”

They flew over the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan and into the Western Pacific Ocean at about 10am before returning to their bases via the same route as part of a long-distance training session, the ministry said.

The Chinese escort briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait median line and entered Taiwan’s airspace, but retreated to the western side of the line after Taiwanese military aircraft, including F-16s, issued multiple radio warnings, the ministry said.

Chinese J-11 fighters, KJ-500 early warning aircraft and H-6 bombers on Sunday flew over the Bashi Channel and into the Western Pacific Ocean before returning to their bases via the Miyako Strait northeast of Taiwan, the ministry said.

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said military actions at this point were “unnecessary.”

“My message to China is to control the spread of the disease as early as possible to let the global tensions surrounding the epidemic be defused,” she said.

Two candidates in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairperson by-election were among the party members who weighed in on the Chinese flights.

Former Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said in a Facebook post that “goodwill should be the foundation of [cross-strait] exchanges and cooperation,” while KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said that such “petty actions” would only harm the feelings of Taiwanese.

The world is now focusing on disease prevention and China especially, should be, said KMT Legislator Wu Sz-huai (吳斯懷), a retired lieutenant general who has aroused controversies over his actions on visits to China.

Anything other than that would be “inappropriate,” Wu said.

Additional reporting by Lee Jung-ping and Lin Liang-sheng

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A wall bearing the name of the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee is pictured on June 2 last year.Photo: Taipei Times file photo
The Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee is to hold a hearing on Tuesday next week to determine whether three properties under the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) name should be considered ill-gotten assets.

The buildings on one property once housed the KMT’s former cultural affairs department. The Housheng building, the original headquarters of the party’s Department of Productive Enterprise, and the Chongsheng building, which used to house the party’s Taipei chapter headquarters, are on the other two properties.

The committee said that it wished to clarify whether the properties were obtained by the KMT in contravention of the bounds of a political party, or other democratic or legal principles.

If the properties — which have already been sold — were ill-gotten, it wanted to know whether the state should demand that the KMT pay it for them and how such compensation should be calculated, the committee added.

The building housing the cultural affairs department originally belonged to the Taipei City Government and was in 1950 converted into dormitories and leased to the now-defunct Taiwan Provincial Government’s Department of Public Construction, it said.

The KMT had occupied state property illegally and did not return it to the Taipei City Government, even after the provincial government had relocated to Taichung, the committee said.

The party had also demolished a building on the property that was built in the Japanese era to build a high-rise building, which housed the cultural affairs department and the Ministry of National Defense’s Psychological Warfare Department, the committee said.

While the KMT had signed a lease with the city government, it overstayed the lease period and occupied the building illegally up until the 1980s, after which the party, which could not purchase the land itself, bought the land under the names of former premier Hsu Li-te (徐立德) and former Control Yuan member Wu Shui-yun (吳水雲), the committee said.

The KMT allegedly made a profit of NT$650 million (US$21.59 million at the current exchange rate) when it sold the building to Universal Real Estate Development Co in 2000, it said.

The KMT also obtained ownership of the Housheng building — despite it originally belonging to Taiwan Power Co — and sold the property to a third party in about 2000, the committee said.

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title: TiSPACE to launch first domestically produced rocket

taiwan-subdivisions: 蘭嶼 綠島

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People take photographs of Taiwan’s first domestically built rocket, the HAPITH-1, at Taiwan Innovative Space Inc’s launchpad in Taitung County’s Nantian Village yesterday.Photo courtesy of Taiwan Innovative Space Inc
Taiwan’s first domestically built rocket, the HAPITH-1, is to be launched in Taitung County on Thursday, developer Taiwan Innovative Space Inc (TiSPACE), said yesterday.

The rocket is to be launched at 6am in the county’s Nantian Village (南田), home to a community of Aboriginal Paiwan people, TiSPACE said, adding that the ceremony would include a traditional Paiwan blessing.

The HAPITH-1 was to be launched on Dec. 27 last year, but TiSPACE called the launch off due to protests by the Aboriginal community.

Since then, representatives of TiSPACE and government agencies have visited Nantian and talked with the residents, who have agreed to the launch on condition that their safety will not be at risk, village Warden Kao Fu-yuan (高富源) said.

The rocket’s launchpad has already been built and other preparations are being put in place, TiSPACE chairman Chen Yen-sen (陳彥申) said.

The rocket is expected to take 10 minutes to reach an altitude of 250km before falling back into the ocean between Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼) and Green Island (綠島), said Chen, a former NASA researcher.

If the launch is successful, it would break the world record for the highest altitude reached by a rocket with a hybrid engine, which is currently 120km, he said.

The hybrid-propellant rocket costs one-10th of a conventional rocket, which makes it highly competitive, Chen added.

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title: Taiwan No. 1 for healthcare: poll

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An image from the Numbeo Web site shows a cartographic representation of its Health Care Index by Country, in which Taiwan ranked first among 93 nations.Photo: screen grab from the Internet
Taiwan’s healthcare system has been ranked No. 1 in the world for a second year, according to an online survey.

With a score of 86.71 out of 100, Taiwan ranked first among 93 countries, the Health Care Index by Country released by online database Numbeo showed.

South Korea and Japan were closely behind Taiwan, with 81.97 and 81.14 points respectively.

Denmark, France, Spain, Austria, Thailand, Australia and Finland followed, rounding out the top 10. China ranked No. 47 with a score of 64.48.

Venezuela finished at the bottom of the list with a score of 39.66.

Taiwan also ranked first last year, with a score of 86.22.

The country ranked second behind South Korea in the 2018 survey, which was first conducted in 2012.

The results are based on surveys from visitors to its Web site who were asked to score overall quality of healthcare in their countries, Numbeo said.

In August last year, the Health Care Index compiled by CEOWORLD Magazine, an online business magazine and news site, ranked Taiwan’s healthcare system the best out of 89 countries surveyed.

The magazine said its index measured the overall quality of healthcare systems, including infrastructure, competencies of professionals, and cost and availability of quality medicine.

Taiwan’s healthcare system scored 78.72 out of 100.

Three other Asian nations — South Korea (second), Japan (third) and Thailand (sixth) — were also in the top 10.

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Japanese military personnel set up a covered walkway next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where 65 more cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus were confirmed, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama yesterday.Photo: AFP
Another 65 people aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship moored off Japan have been diagnosed with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said yesterday, bringing the total number of known infections to 135.

The Diamond Princesss has been in quarantine since arriving off the Japanese coast early last week after the virus was detected in a former passenger who got off the ship last month in Hong Kong.

“Test results from 103 people have now come out and 65 of them are confirmed positive for the new coronavirus,” the ministry said in a statement, without giving further details such as their nationalities.

Authorities have continued to test people for the virus where “necessary, the statement added.

The cruise ship operator said 66 people had been newly diagnosed, mostly Japanese, but there were also Australians, Filipinos and a Canadian, a Brit and a Ukrainian.

There was no immediate clarity on the discrepancy between that figure and the ministry’s.

When the boat arrived off Japan, authorities initially tested nearly 300 of the 3,711 on board for the virus, gradually evacuating dozens who were infected to local medical facilities.

In recent days, testing has expanded to those with new symptoms or who had close contact with other infected passengers or crew, and several more cases were reported over the weekend.

Those who remain on the ship have been asked to stay inside their cabins and allowed only briefly onto open decks.

They have been asked to wear masks and keep a distance from each other when outside, and given thermometers to regularly monitor their temperatures.

The ship is expected to stay in quarantine until Wednesday next week, 14 days after the isolation period began.

The quarantine has made life on board the ship difficult, particularly for those in windowless interior cabins and a significant number of passengers who require medication for various chronic conditions.

The ministry yesterday said that about 600 people on board urgently needed medication, and around half received supplies over the weekend.

Japanese Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Katsunobu Kato told reporters that discussions were ongoing about how to increase testing capacity and also whether testing would take place after passengers are released from quarantine.

The WHO confirmed in a tweet that newly diagnosed cases on the ship should not extend the length of the quarantine.

“The quarantine period of the #DiamondPrincess will come to an end on 19 February,” the WHO said in a tweet. “The period will be extended beyond the 19 Feb as appropriate only for close contacts of newly confirmed cases. They need to remain in quarantine for 14 days from last contact with a confirmed case.”

On board the ship, news of the additional infections sparked worry for some, with passenger Yardley Wong tweeting “stress and high anxiety.”

“I need to cry to get off the anxiety,” she wrote.

No Taiwanese were among the 60 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said yesterday at a news conference in Taipei.

Only one Taiwanese passenger has been confirmed to have the virus, and the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) would continue to communicate with Japan about bringing that passenger home, he said.

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title: Virus Outbreak: Japan says 65 more cases confirmed on ship


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Britain has declared the 2019 novel coronavirus that emerged from China a “serious and imminent threat to public health” and yesterday announced new measures to combat the spread of the disease.

The British Department of Health and Social Care said that people with the virus can now be forcibly quarantined and would not be free to leave.

It named two British hospitals as isolation facilities for those affected by the disease and designated the Chinese city of Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei Province where the virus first emerged as an “infected area.”

“The incidence or transmission of novel coronavirus constitutes a serious and imminent threat to public health, and the measures outlined in these regulations are considered as an effective means of delaying or preventing further transmission of the virus,” the department said in a statement.

The changes were designed to ensure the health and safety of medical workers who come into contact with infected people, the department added.

The change comes after a British man who caught the virus at a business conference in Singapore last month appears to be linked to at least seven other confirmed cases in Europe.

Five British citizens, including a nine-year-old boy, contracted the virus in the French Alpine ski town of Contamines-Montjoie after staying in the same chalet as the British man.

French medical authorities on Sunday tested scores of children and their families from the area and temporarily closed three schools where the boy had spent time.

Britain has only four of Europe’s 39 confirmed virus cases but it is a key travel hub between Asia and Europe.

British authorities sought to reassure the public yesterday.

“Our infection control procedures are world-leading and the [National Health Service] is well prepared to deal with novel coronavirus,” the agency said. “This measure will rightly make it easier for health professionals to help keep people safe across the country.”

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The Philippine government yesterday urged the Supreme Court of the Philippines to cancel the franchises of the country’s top broadcaster, ABS-CBN Corp, a move that opposition lawmakers and rights advocates called intimidation of independent media.

The government said that the 66-year-old entertainment and media conglomerate had violated ownership laws and was involved in “highly abusive practices.”

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s opponents said that the complaint was timed to deny the Philippine Congress the chance to renew the franchise of ABS-CBN, which employs nearly 7,000 people and engages hundreds of celebrities in radio, television and online content.

Philippine Solicitor-General Jose Calida said that ABS-CBN had for too long shown greed and abuse of what was a privileged franchise.

“We want to put an end to what we discovered to be highly abusive practices of ABS-CBN benefiting a greedy few at the expense of millions of its loyal subscribers,” Calida said in a statement.

ABS-CBN denied that and said the complaint appeared to be “an effort to shut down ABS-CBN to the serious prejudice of millions of Filipinos.”

Duterte has accused ABS-CBN of refusing to air his campaign commercials.

ABS-CBN has not directly responded to Duterte’s claims, but its chairman, Eugenio Lopez, said at the company stockholders’ meeting in 2017 that it was “part and parcel of our work being a media institution.”

In 2018, the government revoked the license of Rappler, a news Web site that Duterte called a “fake news outlet” sponsored by US spies.

Rappler still operates pending appeal.

Calida said that ABS-CBN started a pay-per-view channel without approval and charges fees not supposed to be levied.

Like Rappler, ABS-CBN had breached foreign ownership restrictions behind an “elaborately crafted corporate veil,” he said.

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title: Manila urges court to cancel ABS-CBN Corp’s franchise


references: Facebook 臉書

things: 假消息 假訊息

countries: 中國 美國

taiwan-subdivisions: 新社 新興

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Coronavirus misinformation spreads over social media

無知、恐懼、歧視：冠狀病毒假消息滿天飛

Information on the 2019 novel coronavirus from the Alhambra Unified School District’s Parent Portal is displayed on a cellphone on Feb. 4 in Alhambra, California, US.
手機顯示阿罕布拉統一學區在家長入口網站所發布的冠狀病毒相關訊息。二月四日攝於美國加州阿罕布拉。Photo: AFP
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The novel coronavirus roiling financial markets and prompting travel bans is taking on a life of its own on the Internet, once again putting US-based social media companies on the defensive about their efforts to curb the spread of false or dangerous information.

Researchers and journalists have documented a growing number of cases of misinformation about the virus, ranging from racist explanations for the disease’s origin to false claims about miracle cures. Conspiracy theorists, trolls and cynics hoping to use the panic to boost traffic to their own accounts have all contributed to the cloud of bad information.

“It’s the perfect intersection of fear, racism and distrust of the government and Big Pharma,” said Maarten Schenk, co-founder of the fact-checking site Lead Stories. “People don’t trust the official narrative.”

The novel coronavirus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, so far has killed at least 900 people and infected over 40,000, with cases in more than 20 countries.

One set of tweets and Facebook posts from US conspiracy theory accounts said drinking bleach could protect against the virus or even cure it.

“Rumors can travel more quickly and more widely than they could” in an era before social media, said Thomas Rid, a professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University, who has a forthcoming book on the history of disinformation. “That of course lends itself to conspiracies spreading more quickly. They spread more widely and they are more persistent in the sense that you can’t undo them.”

Some of the Internet traffic and misinformation has been outright racist against Chinese people and Asians in general. Posts attributing the coronavirus to Chinese culinary practices have blown up, and a review of a new Chinese restaurant in Toronto was swarmed by racist trolls. “There’s a lot of misinformation out there, and some of that can be quite dangerous,” Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit, said at a press conference in Geneva on Jan. 29.

1. novel coronavirus phr.

新型冠狀病毒 (xin1 xing2 guan4 zhuang4 bing4 du2)

2. misinformation n.

假消息；錯誤資訊 (jia3 xiao1 xi2; cuo4 wu4 zi1 xun4)

3. conspiracy theorist phr.

陰謀論者 (yin1 mou2 lun4 zhe3)

4. panic n.

恐慌 (kong3 huang1)

5. racism n.

種族歧視 (zhong3 zu2 qi2 shi4)

6. rumor n.

謠言 (yao2 yan2)

7. uncertainty n.

不確定性 (bu2 que4 ding4 xing4)

8. polarization n.

兩極分化 (liang3 ji2 fen1 hua4)

Viruses have always sparked fear and misinformation, striking panic as rumors spread and people desperate for information latch onto whatever snippets they can find — whether they’re true or not. But the advent of social media has supercharged this process, leading to waves of misinformation over elections, mass shootings, plane crashes and natural disasters.

The outbreak is just the latest test of social networks’ ability to handle the spread of false and dangerous information.

“Early days in an outbreak, there’s so much uncertainty. People don’t like uncertainty. They want answers,” said Timothy Caulfield, a health law professor at the University of Alberta. “Social media is a polarization machine where the loudest voices win,” he said.

(Bloomberg)

擾亂金融市場、讓多國發布旅行禁令的新型冠狀病毒，現在也佔據了網路各角落，再度讓總部位於美國的社群媒體公司疲於辨解他們對防堵不實或危險資訊的傳播所做的努力。

研究人員和記者發現，關於該病毒的錯誤訊息越來越多，從對該病起源的種族歧視的解釋，到奇蹟式療癒的不實說法都有。陰謀論者、惡搞的人及酸民利用恐慌來增加他們自己網路帳號的流量，這一切都助長了這些有害的資訊。

事實查核網站「Lead Stories」的共同創辦人馬丁‧申克表示：「這是恐懼、種族歧視、對政府之不信任，以及電玩遊戲「Big Pharma」（大藥廠）的完美結合」。「人們不信任官方的說法。」

自中國武漢市發源的新型冠狀病毒，目前已造成九百多人死亡、逾四萬人感染，有二十多國出現確診病例。

美國一些持陰謀論的帳號在推特和臉書發出訊息稱，喝漂白水可預防甚至治癒這種病毒。

約翰霍普金斯大學戰略研究教授托馬斯‧里德表示，在這有社群媒體的年代，「謠言可以比過去傳播得更快、更廣」。他有一本探討假訊息歷史的書即將出版。「這當然也讓陰謀活動傳播得更快。它們散佈得更廣，並因訊息無法刪除，所以更是揮之不去。」

有些網路點閱量和錯誤資訊完全是針對中國人和所有亞洲人的種族歧視。將冠狀病毒歸咎於中國烹飪方式的貼文快速傳開，多倫多一家新開張中餐館在網路上的評價，被種族歧視的網路酸民灌爆。「有很多錯誤信息，其中有的可能非常危險」，世界衛生組織新興疾病部門主管瑪利亞‧范科霍芙一月二十九日在日內瓦的記者會上表示。