Members of the public are welcome to use the lobby again at Taipei Main Station starting Sunday, following a temporary ban on mass gatherings there due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said.
The TRA imposed the ban on gatherings and sitting on the ground in the lobby of the station on Feb. 29 to prevent the spread of the disease.

Over 80,000 migrant workers in Taiwan applied for new jobs or to be re-hired by their employers, from mid-march to the end of June, reducing unnecessary travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's labor ministry said Monday.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BIO Asia-Taiwan International Conference and Exhibition this year will take the form of a combined onsite and virtual presentation, when it opens on July 22, the organizers said Monday.
The 2020 pharmaceutical and biotechnology trade fair is expected to bring together industry executives and investors from Taiwan and abroad, with some 500 exhibitors at 1,100 booths, according to Taiwan Bio Industry Organization (Taiwan BIO), one of the organizers.

Taiwan-based EVA Air was rated the world's fourth best international carrier in 2020, one spot up from last year's ranking, according to Travel+ Leisure magazine earlier this week. The airline scored 85.67 out of 100 to win recognition in cabin comfort, in-flight service, customer service and value, according to the New York-based magazine.

Taiwan is the second safest country in the world, after Qatar, according to visitors to an online database, who voted on 133 countries/territories globally.
In the Crime Index by Country 2020 Mid-Year survey, Taiwan scored 84.74 out of 100 for safety, the online database Numbeo showed.

Taiwan's representative office in India will suspend consular services from July 13-26 due to health concerns after the office recently received an application to enter Taiwan from an Indian national who tested positive for COVID-19.

The Indonesian government has placed Taiwan and Hong Kong on its priority list of locations to which it will first resume sending migrant workers, an Indonesian government official recently said, nearly four months after Jakarta suspended such authorizations in late March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.