2021/05/06 16:13 Health worker performs a COVID-19 test on a man at a hospital in Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 26, 2021. Health worker performs a COVID-19 test on a man at a hospital in Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Thursday (May 6) announced 12 imported cases and one local COVID-19 case. During a press conference on Thursday, Health and Welfare Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced 12 imported coronavirus cases and one local case. The imported cases include nine Filipinos, two Vietnamese, and one Indonesian, all of whom are migrant workers. Each had submitted the negative result of a test taken within three days of their flights, and each was sent directly to an epidemic prevention hotel or a quarantine center upon arrival. Contacts are not listed unless the cases interact
TAIPEI (The China Post) â Former National Taiwan University Hospital doctor Lin Shi-bi (ææ°ç§) explained on Tuesday the importance of getting vaccinated despite the possibility of still being infected.
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According to Lin, vaccines have never been guaranteed to be 100% effective, but the most important thing is even if one does contract the virus after getting vaccinated, the symptoms would likely be very mild as you already have some immunity against it.
2021/05/05 15:15 CECC head Chen Shih-chung. (CDC photo) CECC head Chen Shih-chung. (CDC photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (May 5) announced seven imported cases of COVID-19. Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced that the latest cases include one Filipino, four Indonesians, one Japanese, and one Taiwanese during a press conference on Wednesday. Each had submitted negative results of a test taken within three days of their flights and were sent directly to an epidemic prevention hotel or a quarantine center upon arrival. Contacts are not listed unless the cases interacted with others during the infectious period.
Taiwan confirms 7 new imported cases, no new domestic infections
05/05/2021 05:19 PM
Wednesday s COVID-19 press briefing. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, May 5 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19, but none of them were domestically transmitted, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The cases originated overseas in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and the United States. Four of them involve foreign nationals who came to work in Taiwan, two are international students, and one is a Taiwanese man who returned from working overseas, the CECC said.
To date, Taiwan has recorded 1,160 cases of COVID-19, 1,016 of which have been classified as imported. Of the total, 1,074 have recovered, 12 have died, and 74 are in the hospital, according to CECC statistics as of Wednesday.