Taipei, May 29 (CNA) People with chronic health problems who test positive for COVID-19 test may no longer be allowed to quarantine at home, even it is a mild or asymptomatic case, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday.
Amid a row over COVID-19 vaccine supply, Taiwan could have come under even greater pressure had it not been for statements by the US and Japan on Friday.
The arrival of 150,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses quenched what could have tipped the scale of public opinion against the US, after American Institute in Taiwan Director Brent Christensen’s controversial remarks on vaccine sharing on Wednesday.
Although the Moderna doses are just the first batch of 5.05 million doses ordered months ago, rather than additional doses shared by Washington amid an outbreak of the virus in Taiwan, their arrival shows that the US supplier
Taipei residents diagnosed with COVID-19 should remain under house quarantine for 17 days, effective immediately, Taipei City Deputy Mayor Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) said yesterday.
The announcement followed the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) most recent policy asking people diagnosed with COVID-19, but who show no or only mild symptoms, to remain in home quarantine to prevent hospitals from being flooded with patients.
People who exhibit symptoms and cannot quarantine at their registered residence would be moved to hotels set up with isolation facilities for 10 days, Huang said.
If after 10 days they no longer exhibit COVID-19 symptoms and doctors approve their release,
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday called on the public to donate blood as Taiwan’s blood banks remain low on blood supply for different types throughout the country.
The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation yesterday said that Taipei, Hsinchu City, Taichung and Tainan each only had four days of blood and plasma reserves.
Taipei is short on types A and O blood, Hsinchu is short on types O and AB, Taichung is short on types A and B, and Tainan is short on type A, the foundation said.
With medical capacity stretched to the maximum amid a nationwide outbreak of COVID-19, which led