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Taipei, Jan. 28 (CNA) Taiwan has been listed among the top three countries in the world for its successful handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, ranking third behind New Zealand and Vietnam, according to an index published Thursday by the Lowry Institute of Australia.
The think tank evaluated the response of 98 countries and territories, excluding China, to the pandemic, and ranked them based on their aggregate and per capita number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, as well as their rate of testing, using a 14-day rolling average.
In the COVID Performance Index, Taiwan received a score of 86.4, behind only New Zealand and Vietnam, which scored 94.4 and 90.8, respectively, to top the list.
SARS-era series fundraising nets NT$5m
HOSPITAL LOCKDOWN: Director Issac Wang said that the mini-series would feature history that can never be forgotten and would be a tribute to healthcare professionals
By Chung Chi-kai / Staff reporter, with CNA
The director of Public Television Service series
Island Nation (國際橋牌社) raised NT$5 million (US$175,920) in three days after announcing a plan for a mini-series about the government’s decision in 2003 to seal Taipei City Hospital’s Heping Branch amid the SARS outbreak.
Issac Wang (汪怡昕) said he came up with the idea after reading former Taipei Department of Health commissioner Chiou Shu-ti’s (邱淑媞) comments on Facebook, who wrote that the government’s illogical disease prevention policy had led to a cluster of COVID-19 infections centered on Taoyuan General Hospital.
COVID-19: Cluster infection has same virus strain: CECC
By Lin Hui-chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that a COVID-19 cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital shared the same virus strain, allaying concerns over the unidentified source of infection of case No. 889.
The center also reported two new imported cases, but no new domestic cases for the fourth straight day.
The cluster infection had affected 15 people, and it has been about two weeks since case No. 838, a doctor at the hospital, was confirmed to have been infected by case No. 812, a Taiwanese returning from the US, during treatment.
2021/01/27 14:59 New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (right). New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (right). (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) As a domestic cluster infection that started at Taoyuan General Hospital continues to raise concerns, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said Wednesday (Jan. 27) that the city will help manage some quarantined individuals for its neighbor. During a press interview at the New Taipei City Council, Hou pointed out that the city is determined to reduce the increasing pandemic prevention workload for Taoyuan. He said six districts in New Taipei, including Xinzhuang, Sanxia, Linkou, Shulin, Yingge, and Taishan, will offer assistance to Taoyuan residents who are undergoing home isolation due to potential exposure of confirmed coronavirus cases in the hospital cluster infection.