TAIPEI (The China Post) â Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang (èè²æ) on Monday asked local governments to follow the virus-prevention measures issued by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, ä¸å¤®æµè¡ç«æ ææ®ä¸å¿).
Speaking during a meeting, Su listened to reports from various ministries and commissions on the domestic epidemic situation, financial situation, and vaccine production and procurement progress, whilst also initiating a discussion on the follow-up response to the pandemic development.
Su also called on the CECC to understand the needs of local governments in the daily national epidemic conference and integrate and coordinate relevant epidemic-prevention actions to avoid different regulations that may cause confusion among the public.
Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang speaks at a press conference on Saturday. (Photo courtesy the Executive Yuan)
TAIPEI (The China Post) â Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang (èè²æ) announced on Saturday that Taipei and New Taipei City will now raise their epidemic warning to Level 3 following an overnight increase of 180 locally confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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Taiwan CDC asks that anyone who show symptoms such as fevers or coughs upon arriving in Taiwan need to put on a surgical mask and seek immediate medical attention. In addition, please inform authorities of any history of travel, occupation, contact, and cluster (TOCC) to facilitate timely diagnosis and prompt case-reporting. Call the toll-free Communicable Disease Reporting and Consultation Hotline, 1922 (or 0800-001922).
Taiwan says no need to raise Covid alert level
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Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang made the comments in a post on his Facebook page. File photo: AFP Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday that there is no need to raise the island s Covid-19 alert level for the time being and that compared with last year it has more experience and resources to fight the pandemic.
Su made the comments in a post on his Facebook page after a rise in domestic infections that has spooked Taiwan s people and the stock market. (Reuters)
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Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang defended the island s health minister on Tuesday amid a rare uptick in domestic COVID-19 infections, saying that even if he were a god reborn on earth he could not protect against every eventuality.
Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control because of early and effective prevention, including largely closing its borders. Most of its 1,154 cases to date have been imported from abroad, although Taiwan has reported sporadic domestic infections.