Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je. CNA photo May 13, 2021
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Thursday issued an alert to people who have been near an area in Taipei s Wanhua District over the past month in the wake of a domestic COVID-19 cluster outbreak linked to the district s hostess teahouses.
According to the CECC, some 600,000 people whose cellphone data showed they had been in an area west of Kangding Road, north of Section 3, Heping West Road, east of Wuzhou Street and south of Guilin Road from April 15 to May 12 were expected to receive the alert on their cellphones.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung reported 13 more local infection cases today. (Courtesy of the CECC)
TAIPEI (The China Post/ANN) â The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, ä¸å¤®æµè¡ç«æ ææ®ä¸å¿) reported 13 local and 12 imported COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the tally to 1,256.
According to the CECC, nine of the 13 local cases reported were in connection with the Lions Club International cluster infections.
Another three local cases have been traced back to the 2 local infections that were reported in Wanhua District a day earlier.Â
The sources of infection for the other locally confirmed case are still being investigated by the CECC.
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No decentralized purchase of vaccines
CURBING SOLO EFFORTS: Taiwan centralizes vaccine importation to ‘avoid chaos and confusion,’ the center said in response to criticism by Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The central government alone is in charge of importing and approving the use of COVID-19 vaccines, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) yesterday told a media briefing in Taipei, responding to calls for the involvement of local governments in Taiwan’s vaccine drive.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) had said that Chen, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), concealed that local government officials could import vaccines doses through pharmaceutical companies.
Taiwan shares keep falling amid COVID-19 panic
05/13/2021 06:17 PM
CNA photo May 13, 2021
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) Taiwan s stock market continued a downward trend Thursday, finishing the session 1.46 percent lower amid escalating fears over a spike in domestic COVID-19 cases, but remained above the six-month moving average of 15,588 points.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange weighted index, or Taiex, ended down 232.27 points, or 1.46 percent, at 15,670.10 after moving between 15,368.54 and 16,031.93. Turnover totaled NT$568.28 billion (US$20.32 billion).
Shares continued their downward trend from the previous day, when the weighted index ended down 680.76 points, or 4.11 percent, at 15,902.37, after tumbling by more than 1,000 points in early trading amid the spike in the number of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases.