Taoyuan, the city which has more than 116,000 migrant workers, is the big city of migrant workers in Taiwan, especially the foreign migrants cluster infections in Miaoli attract the attention of the society. To prevent the spread of epidemic, Taoyuan city immediately promote the “Consolidate Security Plan” and establishes epidemic prevention front. They completed subdivision and distribution inspection of migrant workers' dormitories and factories and set up 12 fast screen station to do a screening for migrant workers. As for the large-scale of factory dormitories with more than 100 people, they will be screened in hospitals and clinics.
Enterprises employing more than 500 people can carry out general screening of migrant workers. (via Taoyuan City government)
Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said, the enterprises or factories with more than 500 people and have many foreign workers, we encourage them to do fast screening first, the patients who tested positive were further tested by PCR. To ensure the operation and safety of enterprises, the municipal government will assist medical staff to enable enterprises or factories with more than 500 employees to conduct general screening of migrant workers.
Taoyuan " Consolidate Security Plan " to stick to the line of defense, start the general screening test of migrant workers. (via Taoyuan City government)
In addition, Cheng mentioned that there have been lots of confirmed cases in migrant workers group in Taoyuan. As Taoyuan has the largest number of migrant workers, the guidelines for migrant workers will be implemented more thoroughly and to a higher standard. He emphasis that the interaction between migrant workers is the main reason of the spread of the virus, and the investigation between migrant workers are more difficult than others since the controls on migrant workers must be tightened. At the same time, the migrant workers are required to stay in the dormitory as far as possible.