Masks must still be worn indoors and in public transportation places. When taking the Taiwan Railway, you must wear a mask all the way from waiting for the train, taking the train to before leaving the station.

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Shuangtie and MRT remind you to wear the Taiwan Railway outdoor waiting platform at all times when you enter the station

[Reporters Wu Liangyi and Zheng Weiqi/Report from Taipei] The number of local cases of Wuhan pneumonia increased by 17,668 yesterday, a decrease of about 1% from last Wednesday.

In response to the slowdown of the epidemic, starting today, it is no longer compulsory to wear masks outdoors, and they are still required to be worn indoors and in public transportation places, but some exceptions can also be exempted from wearing masks. The first indicative relaxation of mask wearing measures.

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Domestic +17,000 cases decreased by 1% from last Wednesday

Wednesday is usually the peak day of single-day diagnosis, because it will reflect the number of people who have not been screened and newly infected on weekends and holidays. However, the number of confirmed cases yesterday was similar to Tuesday, and it was 173 fewer than last Wednesday, a decrease of about 1%.

Another 37 deaths

Although the number of single-day confirmed cases this week has dropped, the drop is not large. According to the analysis of the command center, it may be related to three reasons: approaching the lowest point of this wave of epidemics, not reporting for voting, or the flow of people from south to north during the election.

Spokesman Zhuang Renxiang said that the command center expects that the decline in the epidemic this week will be slower than the previous week, and is still within the expected decline range of 10%. Since there are no new strong mutant strains, it is estimated that the epidemic will not rise immediately.

The command center has announced that starting from December 1st, the requirement to wear masks throughout the outdoor space and venues will be cancelled, and the mask regulations for large-scale outdoor events will be developed separately in accordance with the recent changes in the epidemic situation.

Masks must still be worn indoors, including the interior spaces of public transportation such as carriages, ships, and airplanes.

Both the Taiwan Railway and the High Speed ​​Rail remind passengers to wear masks all the way from entering the station, waiting for the train, taking the train to leaving the station.

On the train and within the station area (including paid areas and non-paid areas), if you can maintain a social distance with unspecified objects, or if there are appropriate barriers (no passengers nearby or passengers wearing masks), you can eat during the eating period. Temporarily remove the mask, but avoid talking during eating and drinking, and still have to wear a mask after eating.

Du Wei, director of the Taiwan Railways, added that most of the outdoor waiting platforms have canopies, and the crowds of people waiting for the train are relatively dense, so passengers should still wear masks.

Masks are still required indoors

Exceptions are made for sports, photography, eating, driving, etc.

Special circumstances for exempting from wearing a mask indoors include sports, singing, taking pictures, driving, video recording, hosting, speeches, water activities, dietary needs, etc.

In addition, the catering establishments will also cancel the rule of not toasting tea and toasting table by table starting today.

From today, it is no longer mandatory to wear masks outdoors.

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