Food Processing Company in Taichung suspends its operation due to Coronavirus

Last Friday another factory in Taichung has stopped its production due to Coronavirus scare.

According to the reports the company had enforced self-quarantine after one of its female employees tested positive for Coronavirus. The suspension was a precautionary measure to avoid the spread of the virus to other employees.



The company will stop its operation for four straight days and 59 of their 60 employees will be quarantined for 14 days. The good news here is all 59 employees that had been quarantined will get paid during the quarantine period.

It was their own initiative to stop its operation and were not asked by the Central Epidemic Command Center to stop its operation. They said that they did it to protect the health and welfare of their employees.


They are the second company in Taichung that halted its operation due to the virus.

At this moment Taiwan has reported a total of 26 cases all over the country.