Taiwan’s disease prevention armor is not very tight. Several days ago, COVID-19 cluster cases occurred at a long-term care facility in Taipei, with rapid tests showing that 25 residents and nine workers were infected.
Taiwan seems to have learned nothing from the tragedies over the past year in countries such as the US, Japan, South Korea and Australia, where high COVID-19 death rates have been reported at elderly care facilities. Taiwan’s complacency and negligence are cracks in its disease prevention armor.
In the US, long-term care facilities have become major disaster areas during the pandemic, with a high number of deaths recorded
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 266 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 89 backlogged cases and 10 related deaths.
Of the new cases, 123 are male and 143 are female, from under the age of five to older than 90, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
They began experiencing symptoms from May 14 to Saturday, he said.
Of the backlogged cases, 42 are male and 47 are female, from under the age of five to older than 80, Chen said, adding that they began experiencing symptoms from May 13 to Thursday.
Of the 355 cases
Taipei, May 30 (CNA) Taiwan on Sunday reported 355 new COVID-19 cases, all domestic infections, and 11 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
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