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The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that rapid tests for COVID-19 would replace preventive isolation for “essential workers,” or people working in industries deemed critical to maintaining a functioning society. Faced with a spike in COVID-19 cases, the new policy is part of government measures to preserve the nation’s response capability, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, told a news briefing. Current pandemic regulations stipulate that people who had close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID...

CRITICAL INDUSTRIES: Effective today, essential workers who are isolating at home can be recalled to work if they take rapid tests every two days, Chen Shih-chung saidBy Yang Yuan-ting and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA

Taipei, April 18 (CNA) Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and Deputy Mayor Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) have been isolating at home since Sunday afternoon after coming into contact with an individual who later tested positive for COVID-19, according to the city's Department of Health.

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday distributed 400,000 rapid test kits to areas of Taiwan with the greatest risk of infection, as it reported 1,210 new domestic and 93 imported cases. Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan and Hualien County yesterday each received 100,000 at-home test kits, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC. At this time, members of the public do not need to stock up on rapid test kits, as the price is to fall after a real-name rationing system is implemented, he added. Asked whether more cities and counties would ...

RISING RATE: Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung estimated Taiwan has an infection rate of 15 percent, with 3.45 million people who might become infectedBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter