To combat COVID-19 and prevent the disease from affecting the functioning of Taiwan''s financial system, the FSC, acting at the suggestion of the BAROC and with approval from the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on 17 April 2020, announced on 20 April 2020 that, until the day on which the CECC is disbanded, banks will take the temperature of anyone wishing to enter any of their places of business, and persons who are running a fever (i.e. found in two consecutive readings to have a forehead temperature of 37.5℃ or an ear temperature of 38℃), or are not wearing a face mask, will not be allowed entry.