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Taipei, Aug. 3 (CNA) Taiwan recorded 23,919 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, all but 201 of which were domestic infections, and 32 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center.
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Taipei, July 26 (CNA) Migrant workers arriving in Taiwan will no longer have to be covered by a COVID-19 health insurance plan before they can be allowed to enter the country, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) announced Tuesday.
The contacts of a family believed to have contracted the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 have all tested negative for COVID-19, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The three family members — a married couple and their adult daughter — tested positive for COVID-19 early this month, and the daughter’s case is considered a reinfection, as she had previously contracted the disease in May, the center said. Genome sequencing found that the daughter had the BA.5 subvariant, making her the first case in Taiwan unconnected to an imported source, the center said. Five ...
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported Taiwan’s first community case of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2. The woman, who is in her 20s and lives in northern Taiwan, received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and has not been abroad recently, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division. She initially tested positive for the disease using a rapid test in the middle of May and later recovered, Lo said. Her parents, who live in the same household, tested positive on July 3 an...