快讯/BBC更正「英情侣抱怨检疫所」报导 加入台湾外交部回应

记者陶本和/台北报导

英国媒体BBC报导一对情侣娜塔莉.道森(Natalie Dawson)与澳洲籍男友皮克斯利(Rohan Pixley)14日入境台湾,称没钱住民宿被安排到花莲检疫所,但抱怨环境一事,掀起网友盛怒。对此,在我外交部交涉下,BBC稍早已更正报导,并加入我方回应平衡报导。

▲遭英人嫌弃像「监狱」,花莲隔离所曝光!(图/花莲县政府提供)

针对英国媒体BBC一则题为「Coronavirus: Fears for daughter in quarantine in Taiwan」的报导,指称有英国民众反映女儿与澳洲籍男友遭我国要求居家检疫14天,受到待遇不佳。对此,外交部晚间发出声明表示,经向花莲县政府查证,发现该报导引述说法不符事实,这对情侣称没钱在原旅馆住14天,才由花莲县政府卫生局安排入住检疫中心,并非受到我方强制安排。

外交部说明,检疫中心每日收费新台币267元,住宿、三餐全包,该英国民众入住曾要求「无麸质饮食」,但涉及特殊的专有名词,中心人员未及时了解,但随即在她入住当天第三餐起,即均提供「无麸质饮食」,两人18日傍晚6点抵达后,安置完毕已逾晚间10时,花莲县卫生局人员也赴便利商店自费购买牛奶茶叶蛋等无麸质食物提供食用

▲▼遭英人嫌弃像「监狱」,花莲隔离所曝光!(图/花莲卫生局提供)

同时,台湾部分网友也涌入英国在台办事处脸书粉专愤怒留言,「该英国女必须道歉,BBC必须公开公正」、「隔离期限到请贵单位送回你们英国好好照顾,台湾人善良客气,但并不代表好欺负,我们不欢迎这种奥客留在台湾,并强烈要求BBC道歉刊登不实报导」等。

对此,外交部深夜表示,在经交涉之后,刚刚BBC已经更正报导,并纳入外交部的回应平衡报导。

▲▼英国网友嫌弃台湾检疫所像监狱,引发台湾网友不满。(图/翻摄脸书)

▼多位读者要求BBC更正错误报导。(图/翻摄英国驻台办事处)

BBC更正之报导与新增内容如下:

Not prison-like conditions'

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan said the couple had told authorities they could not afford to continue their quarantine stay in a hotel, so they were placed in a local quarantine centre "with their consent".

"While its facilities may not be comparable to a hotel in comfort, they are not 'prison-like conditions', nor are people living at the center locked in," a MOFA statement said.

"The center had initially arranged for the couple to reside separately in accommodations equipped with washroom facilities not to be shared with anyone else. However, the hot water heater in the accommodation assigned to the woman was found to be faulty. After she made this known, she was given a better equipped room.

"The center then arranged for designated shower facilities for her to ensure both privacy and convenience, and in line with its plans concerning quarantined individuals.

"The woman had requested permission to share a room with her boyfriend, but as this would defeat the principles underlying quarantine, and as the center wishes to prevent avenues for the disease to spread, her request was denied."

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said it was working with officials to release the couple.

▼BBC报导内容引起台湾民众盛怒,稍早已经更正,并纳入外交部说法以平衡报导。(图/翻摄BBC网站

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