Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Inpatients who were discharged from a hospital in Taoyuan that has seen 15 domestic COVID-19 cases to date, as well as their close contacts, will have to be quarantined until the 14th day after they were released from the hospital, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Sunday.
Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) Taiwan on Saturday recorded two imported and one new domestic cases of COVID-19 linked to a recent cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital, where the number of cases has now increased to 13, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The law prohibits Taiwan from importing vaccines made in China and no scientific evidence has shown Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to be highly effective, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday.
Chen, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), made the remarks in response to media inquiries about an interview given by Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), which was published online on Friday.
In the interview, Ko said that he expects political squabbles in March to center around Taiwan being unable to secure COVID-19 vaccines from the UK or the US, but having anxiety and debate over whether to