The Taipei Economic and Cultural Bureau (TECO) in the Philippines suspended consular facilities until it became known after a receptionist in the same construction proved to have COVID-19.
TECO, the de facto Taiwanese embassy in the Philippines, made the announcement in an advisory posted on its Web site on Wednesday.
TECO was to honor appointments scheduled for today and, he realized.
A receptionist at rcBC Plaza Tower 1 in the metropolitan area of Manila, which houses the office, was inflamed with the new coronavirus on Monday, foreign Ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐 江 安) said at a press conference in Taipei.
As TECO has two receptionists at a shared counter on the ground floor of the tower, the workplace asked them, as well as the local segment of visas that have normal contact with them, to be isolated at home for 14 days from yesterday, Ou said.
“At this time, no TECO or Taiwanese official assigned to the workplace has been diagnosed with COVID-19. They stay healthy,” she says.
From four p.m. yesterday, the Philippines reported 38,805 cases of COVID-19, with 1.27 deaths, while 10,673 people were recovered, according to data from the Philippine Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the ministry said a Taiwan embassy worker in Honduras who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in May had recovered.
“Embassy staff were tested twice negative for the virus on June 22 and 25. The person was then assigned to an embassy team working from home,” Ou said.