This notorious airline named after a place it isn’t really based in is about to get into really hot water.

It has managed to single-handedly destroy its country’s once-revered COVID situation.

A pilot and a flight attendant skipping out on quarantine to have an affair, and barely having any of its pilots get vaccinated is just the tip of the iceberg.

Several of its employees have been playing fast and loose with quarantine policies, and it is now starting to show.

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Why Taiwan, long a COVID success story, is seeing a record surge in cases

Hong Kong — Nearly a year and a half after COVID-19 started its surge across the planet, the streets of Taiwan’s capital Taipei only now stand strangely empty. Bustling night markets for post-sunset stir-fry and steaming noodles, streets with constant streams of buzzing mopeds and the raucous bar district of Ximending, where locals and foreigners drink under the skies, have all fallen silent.

It’s a stark reversal of fortunes.

Throughout 2020, Taiwan was held up as one of the world’s greatest coronavirus success stories — a streak of 253 days without a single reported infection, from April until December.

But the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan is now more dire than it has been since the pandemic began. The island has seen five consecutive days of triple-digit new infections and a doubling of its total number of cases in just the past week. On Wednesday, all 24 million residents were put under a “Level 3” alert — one step away from a potential national lockdown. – Source

Taiwan Will Put China Airlines’ Entire Pilot Pool Into Quarantine

In an attempt to slow the spread of a new wave of the COVID-19 virus, Taiwan has confirmed it will place all pilots working for China Airlines into a 14-day mandatory quarantine. A recent surge in cases in Taiwan has been linked to pilots working for the airline. The decision will impact passengers, crew, and all of the airline’s operations, including cargo.

Due to its proximity to China, where the COVID-19 virus originated, Taiwan experienced its first case of the virus early on in January 2020. However, since then, Taiwan has only had 12 deaths. The low death toll is due to the fast and effective implementation of public health measures, including social distancing, quarantine, and face masks.

However, in recent weeks there has been a surge of cases that health officials tracked to pilots working for China Airlines. Many pilots working for the airline stayed at the same airport hotel, which is the source of at least 35 new infections. As a result, Taiwan will put all pilots for the airline into a two-week quarantine. – Source

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