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May 20, 2021
Taipei’s streets are quiet as Taiwan continues to battle a Covid-19 outbreak.
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Taiwan is to set up Covid-19 testing stations all over the island to test for viral infections as the number of domestic cases continues to rise.
On Thursday (May 20), an additional 286 locally transmitted infections were reported with 87 in Taipei and 157 in New Taipei – the two cities with the largest number of domestic cases – according to Health Minister Chen Shih-chung.
Elsewhere on the island, new cases were also reported in some cities and counties in northeastern, northern, central, and southern Taiwan.
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Taiwan residents urged to download app amid Covid resurgence
By IANS |
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Fri, May 14 2021 15:21 IST |
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Taiwan bans eating on public transportation. Image Source: IANS News
Taipei, May 14 : Taiwan residents were urged on Friday to download a social-distancing app after the island reported 29 locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases, a record increase in single-day infections since the beginning of the pandemic.
Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung, who heads the Central Epidemic Control Centre (CECC), told a news conference on Friday that these new locally transmitted cases include seven with unknown sources of infection, reports dpa news agency.
The remaining ones are linked to known infection clusters in northern Taiwan, he said.