He saw the fight in the eight seconds he went down the hall, he's fined $3,500.

He's an immigrant worker from the Philippines, and he was in quarantine at a hotel in Kaohsiung City when he left his room in the corridor, Taiwan Central News Department told the city's Health Department.

He was caught on camera by hotel staff who contacted the Health Department.

The department fined him $100,000 Taiwanese or about $3,500.

According to Taiwan quarantine rules, people are not allowed to leave their rooms, no matter how long.

Those in quarantine should not think they won't be fined for leaving the hotel room, the Health Department said.

There are 56 quarantined hotels in Kaohsiung City, with a total of about 3,000 rooms.

Taiwanese authorities began controlling passengers in direct flights from Wuhan, where the virus was first identified on December 31, 2019, so when the virus was largely subject to gossip and limited reporting.

The government also invested in massive testing and rapid and effective investigation of contacts.

The island of 23 million people has recorded only 716 cases of coronary and seven deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.