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Taipei, Aug. 3 (CNA) Taiwan recorded 23,919 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, all but 201 of which were domestic infections, and 32 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center.

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Taipei, July 26 (CNA) Migrant workers arriving in Taiwan will no longer have to be covered by a COVID-19 health insurance plan before they can be allowed to enter the country, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) announced Tuesday.

The contacts of a family believed to have contracted the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 have all tested negative for COVID-19, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The three family members — a married couple and their adult daughter — tested positive for COVID-19 early this month, and the daughter’s case is considered a reinfection, as she had previously contracted the disease in May, the center said. Genome sequencing found that the daughter had the BA.5 subva...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported Taiwan’s first community case of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2. The woman, who is in her 20s and lives in northern Taiwan, received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and has not been abroad recently, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division. She initially tested positive for the disease using a rapid test in the middle of May and...

By Wu Liang-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） yesterday reported Taiwan’s first community case of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2.

Taiwan is likely to face another wave of COVID-19 infections next month or in September, but it is unlikely to see a rapid surge in cases, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The center reported 27,684 new cases yesterday — down 12 percent from a week earlier — and 89 deaths. Yesterday was the first day that the government allowed citizens, resident certificate holders and transit passengers to board flights to Taiwan without having to present a negative polymerase c...

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The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 27,708 new local COVID-19 cases and 71 deaths. The deceased ranged in age from people in their 20s to older than 90. Thirty-two were unvaccinated, while 70 had chronic illnesses or other severe diseases, the CECC said. The sole fatality with no chronic illness or severe disease had received two COVID-19 vaccine shots, it said. The CECC said that 83 previously reported COVID-19 cases had become severe, while 125 people had developed mo...

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