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The government expects soon to sign a deal for additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday. “We are discussing a new contract” to obtain more doses of the vaccine and it is “likely to be finalized soon,” Chen, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), told a news briefing, when asked how many doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are left. Concern has been raised over supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine ahead of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Thursday n...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported five local COVID-19 cases — four in Tainan and one in Taipei. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, said the Taipei case lives in the same household as his younger sister, who was on Saturday confirmed to have the virus. The Taipei cases were linked to a family cluster in Taipei and New Taipei City, Lo said, adding that their antibody test results suggested that they contracted the disease earlier. The cluster would be monitored until at le...

On February 24, 2022, Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center ("CECC") announced that nonresident business travelers will be allowed to enter Taiwan, beginning on March 7, 2022.

Taiwan yesterday recorded three new domestic COVID-19 cases, all of whom were connected to an employee at a buffet restaurant in Kaohsiung, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. Two of the new cases were relatives of a Tainan resident who had traveled with the parents of the employee from Feb. 20 to Feb. 22, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman, said, adding that the three travelers tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The other new domestic case was an employee at a separate restaurant in Kaohsiung whe...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported two new domestic COVID-19 cases, including a woman in Kaohsiung whose source of infection is unknown. The woman, a cafeteria worker in her 30s, developed symptoms on Thursday and sought treatment at a clinic, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman. Contact tracing has shown no connection between the woman and existing cases, Chuang said, adding that she traveled with family members to Hualien and Taitung counties on Monday and Tuesday. The CECC has identi...