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A comment on Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring.

Re:Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wav... by dmix on Monday March 23, 2020 @06:29PM (#22669485)
> Quarantine violators can be fined up to T$1 million ($32,955).

Today Taiwan fined a guy $33k USD for breaking quarantine by going to a nightclub (not a positive COVID case just a mandatory isolation due to travelling):

https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/heavy-fine-for-taiwan-man-for-...

They aren't joking about the fines.

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Re:Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wav... by futhey on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:51AM (#22672620)
They also have a steep fine for failing to report symptoms when entering the country, and have fined at least one person from this rule as well.

To balance things out, they are paying a $466 stipend for those that complete the quarantine.

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Re:Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wav... by alainchabat on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:04AM (#22672126)
small correction: NTD$100,000 (usd$32,955)

Taiwanese Dollars isn't that shitty (yet)

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Re:Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wav... by thatsnice on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:44AM (#22672571)
US$1 ~ 30.2NT so the original numbers seem correct.
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