439 New Domestic Cases of COVID-19 on April 11 4/11新增439本土案例 191例境外移入

There were 439 new domestic cases of COVID-19 reported on April 11. From April 9 to 10, the number of cases in Pingtung jumped from 14 to 31. This was the highest number among municipalities south of Yunlin on April 10. The cases seemed centered around a hostess restaurant, which has been shut down by the county government.

This hostess restaurant in Pingtung County's Jiuru Township has been closed by the county government for disinfection. As of the 10th, 29 of Taiwan's new domestic cases dined here.

Yin Feng-lan, Director, Pingtung County Information and International Affairs Department: “They have to get approval from the local government before they can reopen. Under the Business Registration Act, they will also have to get rid of their hostesses.”

Last month, Pingtung County's Ligang Precinct visited the venue to warn the clients against drunk driving. The county has not said when it will allow the establishment to reopen. Many of Pingtung's new cases reported over the weekend, 14 on the 9th and 31 on the 10th, were linked to this adult entertainment venue, and Pingtung had the most new cases among all municipalities south of Yunlin. This has led to many county residents calling on Magistrate Pan Men-an to put safety first and ban all large-scale events.

Pan Men-an, Pingtung County Magistrate: “I don't feel there is a need to cancel all events at this point. We have to put disease prevention first in order to get back to normal life.”

Citizen: “If it were very important, you would cancel everything. You should cancel everything to minimize contact between people.”

Citizen: “It has nothing to do with events. You just have to protect yourself. That's all.”

People have different opinions on whether events have a positive correlation with the epidemic. The county also said it is following the central government's disease prevention guidelines, including the Central Epidemic Command Center's "new Taiwan" model for events.

門口寫著，本店休息、今日消毒，這間位於屏東縣九如鄉的天上人間小吃部，到10日為止，累積29例新冠肺炎群聚，被縣府勒令停業。

屏東縣政府觀傳處長鄞鳳蘭表示：「要復業也必須等到主管單位的同意，同時必須回歸商業登記法裡面的營業項目，不得有人陪侍。」

今年3月，屏東縣里港分局，為了杜絕酒後開車，也到過裡頭宣導，不過何時讓業者恢復營業，縣府沒明確表態，只是群聚越擴越大，屏東病例數從週六14例，隔天跳到31例，是當天雲林以南最高確診數的縣市，也讓民眾到縣長潘孟安臉書洗版，要他別再辦大型活動，就怕再這樣下去，屏東確診數會變全國最高。

屏東縣長潘孟安說明：「我們該是否因為這樣來停辦所有活動，我認為大可不必，我們防疫優先才能讓生活如常。」民眾則說：「如果很嚴重的話，那就是要停辦，那就停辦比較好，盡量減少接觸。」也有民眾認為，「跟辦活動沒有什麼關係，本身自我保護、保護好就好了。」

辦活動跟疫情是不是有關，民眾看法兩極，不過縣府回應，所有防疫都遵照中央規範，活動舉辦也是遵照中央流行疫情指揮中心所說的新台灣模式，讓生活照舊。