Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday confirmed 16 more domestic COVID-19 cases, the highest number reported in a single day in the country since the outbreak began.
Image courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has announced a four-level system of COVID-19 alerts, each with defining criteria and a set of prevention measures to be imposed in response.
Taiwan is currently at a Level 2 alert, but Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Wednesday that the alert level could be raised to 3 in the coming days depending on how the situation develops.
Below are the CECC s COVID-19 alert standards and response measures:
Level 1
•Masks must be worn at all times on public transportation and in crowded public venues.
•The CECC recommends the cancellation or postponement of non-essential gatherings that will bring people into close contact with others.
Taiwan could raise COVID-19 alert to near-lockdown level in coming days
05/12/2021 11:21 AM
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung / CNA photo May 12, 2021
Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Taiwan s government could raise its COVID-19 alert in the coming days as the country faces its biggest challenge in combating the disease since the pandemic began amid an increase in domestically transmitted cases of unknown sources. Taiwan currently has more than two chains of transmission for which we have yet to identify their sources. We are in critical condition now, and this is not a joke, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said at a Legislative session Wednesday.
From Reuters:
“China Airlines said on Tuesday that the quarantining of its pilots to stem a COVID-19 outbreak is expected to affect more than 10% of its freighter capacity, potentially affecting the island’s chip exports.
Taiwan has kept the pandemic under control thanks to early prevention, with only sporadic domestic cases, but since last month it has been dealing with an outbreak linked to China Airlines pilots and an airport hotel where many of them stayed. There have been 35 confirmed infections so far in the outbreak.”
The airline issued this statement:
In response to the activation of “Clearing Plan 2.0” by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), China Airlines plans to organize air crews into separate groups for rolling 14-day home quarantines. The airline is therefore not grounded and will continue flying with available crews. Preliminary projections indicate that more than 10% of cargo carrying capacity will be affected. Flight schedules are still being a
Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Some of the patients in a COVID-19 cluster infection linked to a games arcade in Yilan County had visited several restaurants and a supermarket before they were confirmed to have contracted the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.