Mayor’s Remarks:
1. With the emergence of untraceable local cases, we must act with the utmost discretion. The alert level for pandemic prevention has now been raised to level 2. Should the pandemic continue to spread within Taiwan, the CECC may employ even stricter disease prevention measures. Thus, I urge everyone to abide by the CECC’s administrative regulations.
2. Tainan is Taiwan’s religious capital and also a major city for tourism. In response to the latest pandemic prevention measures, concerned bureaus should determine whether to suspend, postpone, or reduce the scale of events that are set to take place in May and June. Please make careful considerations so as to prevent the spread of outbreaks.
3. Before today (11th), most local cases were tracible. The emergence of non-tracible cases indicates that asymptomatic carriers are within communities. Thus, we must handle the situation with absolute discretion. When organizing events, concerned departments must abide by disease prevention measures. If these measures cannot be properly employed, then the event should be canceled. Those who do not follow relevant regulations are subject to fines. The Public Health Bureau is tasked with reviewing and upholding Tainan’s disease prevention plan. Nothing comes before preventing the spread of the pandemic. Poor pandemic control will affect urban development and tourism. For the sake of our friends, family, and ourselves, we all must manage our health and follow disease prevention measures. Fighting the pandemic is much like fighting a war; all bureaus must work together as one. Failure is not an option.