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RULING OUT CASES: Four hundred people identified as contacts of a man linked to a quarantine hotel cluster infection in Taoyuan have tested negative, the CECC said/ Staff writer, with CNA
THREAT REMAINS: With cases rising in many parts of the world, the minister urged the public to continue complying with the disease prevention regulationsBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Taiwan can be considered to have achieved “COVID zero” status, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday, despite the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reporting 21 imported cases of COVID-19, the highest number of daily imported infections reported this year. Chen, who heads the CECC, said no local infections or deaths were reported, but 21 imported cases were confirmed yesterday. The imported cases are eight men and 13 women who arrived from Belize, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and the US, Chen said. The highest number of d...
Taiwanese who have been removed from household registration records due to the COVID-19 pandemic can re-enroll into the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme upon returning to Taiwan without the normal six-month wait, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the pandemic has made international travel more difficult, so the rights and interests of some overseas Taiwanese might have been harmed, as they could not return home. Government agencies have made adjustments to regulations to r...
TOO LONG ABROAD? Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said regulations have been changed to not harm the rights of overseas TaiwaneseBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter