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The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) and local governments have agreed to ease restrictions on close contacts of COVID-19 cases, although the details are still being discussed, the center said yesterday. The discussions follow Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Saturday approving a proposal to shorten the “3+4” policy — three days of home isolation followed by four days of self-disease prevention — for close contacts who have received booster doses. “We did not reach a consensus on how to revise the current restrictions, but we all agreed that the administrative burden must ...

Taipei, May 10 (CNA) A new drive-through COVID-19 testing site will officially open in Taipei's Wenshan District on Wednesday to help ease the strain on hospitals during the current surge in local infections, according to the city government.

Taiwan’s youngest case of COVID-19 with severe symptoms — an eight-month-old infant — was confirmed by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday, as it reported 40,263 new local infections. The local case count was likely underreported due to fewer people having been tested on Sunday, which was Mother’s Day, and because Taiwan’s outbreak has not yet peaked, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center. Of the new local cases, 52 had moderate symptoms and 19 had severe symptoms, Chen said. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) would consider downgrading COVID-19 from a category 5 notifiable communicable disease to category 4 in July, when the nation’s border controls could also be relaxed, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday. COVID-19 was given the category 5 designation in January 2020, allowing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to quarantine suspected cases based on the guidelines for communicable disease prevention. Taiwan’s latest outbreak might peak at the end of this month or early next month, after which daily caseloads w...

DISEASE GUIDELINES: A category 4 designation would still require positive cases to quarantine, the only difference being the time frame for reporting diagnosesBy Lin Hui-chin / Staff reporter, with CNA