The CECC announced six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan today. As of writing, a cumulative total of 205,578 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 203,630. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 1116 cases. Of the 1116 confirmed cases, 987 are imported; 82 are indigenous; 36 are naval crew members aboard the Panshi fast combat support ship; 2 are infections on an aircraft; 1 case has unknown sources of infection; 8 cases sources of infection are being investigated; and 1 case (Case #530) has been removed (Case #530 is not assigned to any patients). Of the confirmed cases, there have been 12 deaths, and 1050 patients have been released from isolation, with the other 54 patients remaining hospitalized in isolation.
Household members of at-risk groups can obtain COVID-19 vaccine: CECC
04/29/2021 10:10 PM
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Taipei, April 29 (CNA) Taiwan s COVID-19 vaccination program will be expanded with effect from May 3 to include people who live in the same home as medical workers and others in high-risk groups for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.
The announcement of the expanded eligibility was made after five family members of cargo pilots at China Airlines (CAL), one of Taiwan s major carriers, recently tested positive for COVID-19.
Starting May 3, the CECC said, people who live with epidemic prevention workers, those at a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure due to their jobs, and employees at hospitals, health clinics, pharmacies and government quarantine centers will be eligible to receive the vaccine.
COVID-19 cases related to China Airlines climb to 16
04/29/2021 03:49 PM
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Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung, who heads the CECC, at the press briefing on Thursday. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, April 29 (CNA) Three more people linked to China Airlines (CAL), one of Taiwan s major carriers, have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number in that group to 16, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.
Two of the new cases are domestically transmitted infections, while the source of the other one is unknown, the CECC said.
2021/04/29 16:55 File image shows Mexican man repair coronavirus piñata at his workshop in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. File image shows Mexican man repair coronavirus piñata at his workshop in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Thursday (April 29) announced two local and two imported COVID-19 cases and one case that has yet to be classified. Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced the cases during a press conference on Thursday (April 29). The two latest imported cases had recently arrived in Taiwan from the Philippines and Mexico. Each had submitted negative results of a test taken within three days of their flight and was sent directly to an epidemic prevention hotel or a quarantine center upon arrival.