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The self-ruled island’s lack of exposure to COVID-19 has left policymakers hesitant to reopen to the world.

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported seven imported COVID-19 cases, and announced that people aged 50 or older will be eligible to choose the AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines when booking an appointment in the 13th round of vaccinations. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC spokesman, said no new local infections or deaths were reported. The seven imported cases are three males and four females, aged between 10 and 40, who arrived from Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, Vietnam, the UK and the US, bet...

The first case of the COVID-19 subvariant dubbed “Delta plus” has been recorded in Taiwan, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) told a news briefing yesterday. AY.4.2, which is a mutation of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, was discovered in April last year through gene sequencing and was believed to have triggered an increase in COVID-19 cases in the UK. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, said that the imported case is a male British citizen who arrived in Taiwan from the UK on Friday last...

The Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday reported eight new COVID-19 cases, all contracted overseas, but no deaths from the disease. The eight new imported cases involved seven men and one woman aged 20 to 50 who arrived in Taiwan between Oct. 8 and Tuesday. Four arrived from Indonesia, three from the Philippines and one from the US, the center said. The eight new cases brought the total this month to 157, with only eight being domestic infections and the other 149 contracted overseas. To date, Taiwan has confirmed 16,388 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began early last year, of which 1...

Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) The Taipei City government has designated three different types of facilities for the administration of COVID-19 jabs in the upcoming round of vaccination, which involves three brands, Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) said Friday.