(Observer Network) Comprehensive Taiwan media TVBS News Network and ETtoday News Cloud reported on November 16 that NBA star " Warcraft " Dwight Howard (Dwight Howard) recently joined the Taiwan T1 professional basketball team Yongfeng Cloud Leopards. After arriving in Taiwan, he appeared in public places such as hypermarkets and night markets, but he did not wear masks in standard throughout the process. This incident has caused doubts from the people on the island: Do foreign stars do not need to comply with epidemic prevention regulations and have "immunity"?
In response to this, Wang Bisheng, commander of the Taiwan "Epidemic Command Center", responded on the 16th that the team will be notified if necessary to require players to comply with the mask regulations in Taiwan. This reply was questioned by netizens as a "double standard" behavior, "willing your feet when you see foreigners."
Taiwan T1 Taoyuan Cloud Leopards announced on the 8th of this month that they signed a contract with the 36-year-old former NBA draft No. 1 pick Howard for one year. Taiwanese media reported that it is rumored that the Yunbao team spent a lot of money and offered Howard an annual salary of up to $3 million (approximately RMB 21.26 million), setting the highest salary for foreign players in Taiwan's professional sports.
Howard arrived in Taiwan on November 10 and appeared at a hypermarket in Taoyuan on the 14th to shop. He also went to the night market to experience snacks that night. During this period, he took photos with passers-by enthusiastically.
However, some people on the island found that Howard did not wear masks in indoor hypermarkets, and did not wear masks throughout the night market, and even ate while walking.
Due to Taiwan's current regulations, except for exceptions such as sports, taking photos, driving alone (or people living with the same car are living together), riding a bicycle, reporting, and hosting, masks are required in public places. If you need to eat, you can temporarily avoid wearing a mask, but you should wear it immediately after eating. If the public fails to wear masks as required and refuses to listen after being persuaded by the staff at the venue, they will face a fine of more than 3,000 yuan and less than 15,000 yuan New Taiwan dollars (approximately RMB 686-3,430 yuan).
Therefore, the incident of Howard not wearing a mask in public places has caused doubts on the island.
On the afternoon of November 16, when Wang Bisheng, commander of the "Epidemic Command Center" in Taiwan, was presided over a press conference on the epidemic, he was asked by Taiwanese media that Howard did not wear masks in hypermarkets and night markets, would he need to issue a penalty? Do foreign stars have "immunity"?
Wang Bisheng replied that he would go and find out, and would notify the team if necessary, and ask the team to notify the players to abide by the mask regulations on the island, "I believe they will be happy to abide by our regulations."
He also added that according to the current regulations in Taiwan, if it is a shooting, photography or hosting event, you can temporarily get a mask, but if it exceeds the scope of this type of activity, Howard is still recommended to wear a mask.
However, what Wang Bisheng said about "notifications when necessary" annoyed Taiwanese netizens and was criticized for being "double-standard" and "soft-foot when seeing foreigners."
It is worth mentioning that in 2020, Howard, who played for Lakers , said that he was reported for not wearing a mask in a closed park. He himself broadcast live on social platforms many times at that time, and often did not wear masks indoors and outdoors. After this move caused controversy, he said in response to a question from fans that he did not believe that "the new coronavirus will fly around in the air to find humans" and that he did not believe that the new crown vaccine .
According to data released by the Taiwan "Epidemic Command Center" on November 16, Taiwan added 22,692 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia on the same day, 22,631 local cases and 61 imported cases respectively, with 69 new deaths among the confirmed cases.
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