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RULING OUT CASES: Four hundred people identified as contacts of a man linked to a quarantine hotel cluster infection in Taoyuan have tested negative, the CECC said/ Staff writer, with CNA

THREAT REMAINS: With cases rising in many parts of the world, the minister urged the public to continue complying with the disease prevention regulationsBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

Taiwan can be considered to have achieved “COVID zero” status, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday, despite the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reporting 21 imported cases of COVID-19, the highest number of daily imported infections reported this year. Chen, who heads the CECC, said no local infections or deaths were reported, but 21 imported cases were confirmed yesterday. The imported cases are eight men and 13 women who arrived from Belize, Cam...

Taiwanese who have been removed from household registration records due to the COVID-19 pandemic can re-enroll into the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme upon returning to Taiwan without the normal six-month wait, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the pandemic has made international travel more difficult, so the rights and interests of some overseas Taiwanese might have been ...

TOO LONG ABROAD? Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said regulations have been changed to not harm the rights of overseas TaiwaneseBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

The self-ruled island’s lack of exposure to COVID-19 has left policymakers hesitant to reopen to the world.

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported seven imported COVID-19 cases, and announced that people aged 50 or older will be eligible to choose the AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines when booking an appointment in the 13th round of vaccinations. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC spokesman, said no new local infections or deaths were reported. The seven imported cases are three males and four females, ...

The first case of the COVID-19 subvariant dubbed “Delta plus” has been recorded in Taiwan, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) told a news briefing yesterday. AY.4.2, which is a mutation of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, was discovered in April last year through gene sequencing and was believed to have triggered an increase in COVID-19 cases in the UK. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, sa...

The Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday reported eight new COVID-19 cases, all contracted overseas, but no deaths from the disease. The eight new imported cases involved seven men and one woman aged 20 to 50 who arrived in Taiwan between Oct. 8 and Tuesday. Four arrived from Indonesia, three from the Philippines and one from the US, the center said. The eight new cases brought the total this month to 157, with only eight being domestic infections and the other 149 contracted overseas. To d...

Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) The Taipei City government has designated three different types of facilities for the administration of COVID-19 jabs in the upcoming round of vaccination, which involves three brands, Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) said Friday.