The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 263 domestic cases of COVID-19, three imported cases and 28 deaths.
Of the new local cases, 124 are male and 139 are female, with their ages ranging from under five to older than 90, the center said.
The onset of their symptoms was between May 22 and Wednesday, it said.
New Taipei City had the most local infections, with 112 cases, followed by 58 in Taipei and 43 in Miaoli County, it said.
Taoyuan had 14 cases, Keelung had 12, Changhua County had 10 and Hualien County had seven, it said.
Nantou and Hsinchu counties reported two
Sixty-two percent of Taiwanese disapprove of the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) progress in obtaining COVID-19 vaccines, while 65.6 percent said that they would not take domestic vaccines that lack WHO certification, a poll released yesterday by Trend Survey and Research and commissioned by the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) found.
Trend Survey general manager Wu Shih-chang (吳世昌) announced the results of the survey with TPP officials at a virtual news conference, adding that 41.3 percent of respondents said that they highly disapproved of the center’s efforts to secure vaccines.
About 68.6 percent of the respondents agreed that the country should rely on
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday outlined its strategies to expand COVID-19 testing within communities.
The measures are being taken to identify possible undetected cases of COVID-19 in communities as soon as possible, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said at a daily briefing in Taipei.
The four strategies are: setting up more community-based testing sites, assisting companies in conducting rapid screening tests, allowing clinics to offer self-paid rapid screening tests and encouraging companies to import at-home rapid test kits, he said.
Two companies have submitted requests to import at-home rapid test kits, he said, adding
Taipei, June 10 (CNA) People who are allergic to certain food or medication should still get vaccinated against COVID-19, as most of their allergic reactions can be treated, a medical expert from Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan City told CNA on Thursday.
Taipei, June 10 (CNA) A health executive at Taipei City Government offered to resign on Thursday due to a controversy relating to the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses to ineligible individuals by a clinic in the city.