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> 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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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.

small correction: NTD$100,000 (usd$32,955)

Taiwanese Dollars isn't that shitty (yet)

US$1 ~ 30.2NT so the original numbers seem correct.

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