MOL urges foreign workers to stay alert amid COVID-19 pandemic

Following the recent COVID-19 cluster infection among foreign workers in the Zhunan District of Miaoli, anyone who currently works as an at-home caregiver or home-help in Miaoli, Hsinchu or Taoyuan, should remain indoors as much as possible over the next few days.

If you have been in contact with someone who has contracted COVID-19 or fall ill, take a rapid test and seek medical treatment immediately.

If you have any questions relating to epidemic prevention work, please call the 1955 Counseling and Protection Hotline for Foreign Workers or click online customer services.

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If you have any questions relating to epidemic prevention work, please call the 1955 Counseling and Protection Hotline. Image courtesy of MOL.

According to FOCUS TAIWAN, The Ministry of Labor (MOL) will offer subsidies to employers of migrant workers so they can reduce the number of people in worker dormitories, after hundreds of migrant workers in Miaoli County came down with COVID-19.

MOL is planning to offer a one-time subsidy of NT$1,000 (US$36) per migrant worker to employers to fund the relocation of the workers to quarantine hotels or other accommodations. But the subsidy is not yet finalized.

CECC has extended the level 3 Covid-19 alert to June 28. Image courtesy of CECC.

At the same time, CECC has extended the level 3 Covid-19 alert to June 28. And the CECC is actively assisting the local government and the manufacturers in related prevention and control efforts to prevent further spread of COVID-19 at those factories.

Starting June 5, migrant workers' transfer to new employers to be suspended to reduce movement of personnel and contain spread of virus.

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MOL also urges foreign workers to establish a foreign worker care center mechanism:
1. Send interpreters to assist with pandemic control surveys
2. Send personnel to factories to ensure the number of foreign workers in dormitories is reduced
3. Make telephone calls to quarantined foreign workers in their mother tongue to make sure they are okay.
4. Visit and call to check up on foreign workers who are resting at home because their place of work has been shut down. Produce regular radio programming recorded in their mother tongue to keep them informed and reassured.
5. Provide foreign workers with pandemic prevention packages
(thermometer, face mask, disinfectant products, and details on how to find related information using the 1955 Hotline and 1955 E-line).