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The next two weeks will be a critical period during which the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) would closely observe Taiwan’s COVID-19 situation, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday. The CECC would watch the growth rate of local cases, changes in the reproduction number (R) and whether new infections emerge, said Chen, who heads the center. If the R value is consistently less than 1, it would mean that the pandemic is under control, he said. The R value is a measure of the potential rate of spread. Chen said that the phrase “coexisting with the v...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 133 local COVID-19 infections, including 52 cases with unknown origins, and 142 imported cases. The 133 cases cover 11 cities and counties, with New Taipei City reporting the most cases at 46, followed by Keelung with 31 and Taipei with 23, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center. Chen added that a new moderate COVID-19 case was confirmed on Sunday — a man in his 20s who has underlying health conditions, received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine more than five months ago, and was

A wide-scale COVID-19 screening program would be conducted in Keelung, offering government-funded at-home rapid test kits to 360,000 local residents in light of a cluster that has expanded to 68 cases, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday. The virus seems to have been spreading in communities in Keelung for quite some time and it would be difficult to find undetected cases at testing stations, Chen said during a visit to Keelung. The details of the screening program, including the method to distribute and collect the kits, are still being discussed, said Ch...

VARIANT NO. 23: A case in New Taipei City’s Sanchong District showed in genome sequencing an infection with the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, the CECC saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 83 local COVID-19 cases, including 52 linked to a construction site in Taoyuan and its workers’ dormitories in Hsinchu County. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said yesterday’s domestic caseload is Taiwan’s highest since June 27 last year, when 88 local cases were reported. Yesterday’s local cases include a family of four in Taitung County. The initial case in the family cluster is a woman who tested positive after seeking treatment for a fever, vomiting and a sore throat, Che...