All people working at Taipei’s hospitals, both healthcare personnel and non-medical staff, must be vaccinated against COVID-19, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday.
Ko said that vaccine hesitancy is reportedly high among medical workers, but that “starting today, this is not up to you.”
When seeking treatment at the city’s emergency rooms, people who had received a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test would also receive rapid screening for COVID-19, a measure that could help generate faster test results, he said.
Waiting two to three days for a PRC test result created an unnecessary psychological burden and an unneeded delay, he said,
CECC confirms 286 local cases, 1 death
FACILITY TRANSMISSION: Transmissions of COVID-19 were identified at Taipei City Hospital’s Heping branch, as well as Tri-Service General Hospital’s Songshan branch
By Sherry Hsiao, Su Yung-yao and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Infections have been newly confirmed at two more healthcare facilities, bringing the tally of facilities to five, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday as it reported 286 new domestic cases of COVID-19 and nine imported cases.
Transmissions of COVID-19 were newly identified at two Taipei healthcare facilities: Taipei City Hospital’s Heping branch and Tri-Service General Hospital’s Songshan branch, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) told the center’s afternoon briefing.
Six guidelines issued for enhanced protection
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced six main guidelines for enhanced measures to prevent transmission of COVID-19 in local communities.
Following a cluster of cases among China Airlines (華航) pilots, workers at its quarantine facility, the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel, and their family members since the middle of last month, the CECC on Tuesday reported six locally transmitted cases with unknown infection sources.
On the same day, it announced that Taiwan’s COVID-19 situation has entered the “local transmission” stage, and raised the domestic warning to level 2, ordering enhanced disease prevention measures to be implemented until June 8.