The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has said that the policy to flag National Health Insurance (NHI) card data of people in high risk groups in Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華) is necessary for medical institutions to obtain relevant information in real time so that they can quickly plan contingency measures. This move could result in 600,000 people falling under surveillance.
All such data were to be deleted on May 29. If the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there is a chance that other similar measures could be taken, so it is necessary to consider the legal foundation for such measures.
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The Next TV Workers’ Union yesterday asked the National Communications Commission (NCC) to stipulate disease prevention guidelines for journalists in broadcast media and make sure that broadcasting firms follow the guidelines to protect workers’ safety.
The union issued the statement after one of the TV station’s photojournalists, surnamed Liu (劉), was found dead in a restroom at the station’s headquarters in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖). Liu tested positive for COVID-19.
The Taipei City Government yesterday conducted rapid screening tests on 166 Next TV employees, 11 of whom tested positive and were awaiting the results of polymerase chain reaction tests.
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The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 274 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the local infections, 142 males and 132 females, are aged from under five to over 90, and symptoms began between May 14 and Tuesday.
The confirmed cases are mostly residents of New Taipei City, with 162, followed by Taipei (63), Taoyuan (15), Miaoli County (12), Keelung (10), Changhua County and Nantou County (three each), Yilan County (two), and Hsinchu County, Taichung, Chiayi City and Tainan (one each), Chen said.
The 25 deaths were
Taipei, June 9 (CNA) A Taiwanese human rights group on Wednesday called on the Miaoli County government to revoke an order requiring migrant workers to stay inside amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, saying the policy was "discriminatory."
Taipei, June 9 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday reported five new cases of possible serious reactions to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, including a woman who developed bruises all over her body.