CECC official, Centers for Disease Control Director General Chou Jih-haw. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, Feb. 27 (CNA) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), the government body in charge of the nation s COVID-19 response, touted its efficacy in preventing the spread of coronavirus as it marked the one-year anniversary of its establishment Saturday.
While the virus has infected over 110 million people worldwide so far, Taiwan has recorded only 945 cases to date, or four cases per 100,000 people, which compares favorably to the worldwide case number of 1,473 per 100,000 people, CECC official Chou Jih-haw (周志浩) said at a press conference in Taipei.
Taiwan has reported nine coronavirus-related deaths, which is a death rate of 0.9% or 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people, while COVID-19 has claimed more than 2.5 million lives globally, representing a mortality rate of 2.2% or 32.82 deaths per 100,000 people, according to Chou.
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Taipei, Feb. 27 (CNA) Taiwan reported three new imported cases of COVID-19 on Saturday involving arrivals from the United Kingdom, Vietnam and the Philippines, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Program to administer vaccines key component
By Rita Shen 沈麗娟
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) has said that Taiwan has secured almost 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with the possibility of obtaining as many as 45 million.
Even though this news comes several months after other nations have obtained vaccines, it is nevertheless light at the end of the tunnel.
However, to administer the vaccines would mean four to nine times more injections than for the 5 million flu vaccinations every year, and this is as hospitals and clinics administering flu vaccines are frequently inundated.
The situation would be many times more fraught when administering a COVID-19 vaccine, which is exacerbated by the two-dose regime, with the second given a month after the first.
CECC official Lo Yi-chun explains the quarantine rule. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, Feb. 27 (CNA) The one person per residence rule currently applicable to all arrivals in Taiwan since mid-January will be expanded to include those who need to undergo self isolation after having contact with individuals found to have COVID-19, starting March 1, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced Saturday.
The expansion of the quarantine rule was decided based on the growing number of coronavirus variants, which are more transmissible in households, and after a review of the recent cluster infections at Taoyuan General Hospital, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said during a CECC press briefing.