TAIPEI (The China Submit) — The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC, 交通部) introduced Friday a ban on meals and drinks in all public transportations, efficient from Feb. 1.
If folks must drink water, take medication, or breastfeed their baby, they need to put on a masks as quickly as potential after consuming, MOTC mentioned.
On Thursday, MOTC introduced the cancelation of non-reserved seats on Excessive-Velocity Rail (HSR, 台灣高鐵) trains from Feb. 8-16.
The transfer got here in response to the rise in domestically transmitted COVID-19 circumstances, MOTC mentioned, including that HSR is anticipated to supply the additional 467,000 seats for vacationers to fulfill surging demand through the Chinese language New Yr.
In the meantime, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) will even restrict the variety of standing tickets offered, with a most of 120 tickets per practice and 15 tickets per automobile whereas native trains (區間車) will function the identical because the Taipei Metro.
As of Wednesday night, the reserving charge for the HSR was about 58 p.c, a lower of 5 p.c year-on-year, in accordance with MOTC’s statistics.
If any extra trains are added, they are going to supply reserved-seats solely, the MOTC added. Additionally, as a result of pandemic, the MOTC expects that the site visitors on highways would hike through the CNY vacation.
MOTC Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) mentioned he has urged each the TRA and HSR to extend the variety of trains beneath the premise of maintaining the carriages not too crowded for the sake of epidemic prevention.