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By Wu Liang-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） yesterday reported Taiwan’s first community case of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2.
Taiwan is likely to face another wave of COVID-19 infections next month or in September, but it is unlikely to see a rapid surge in cases, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The center reported 27,684 new cases yesterday — down 12 percent from a week earlier — and 89 deaths. Yesterday was the first day that the government allowed citizens, resident certificate holders and transit passengers to board flights to Taiwan without having to present a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result. Some were concerned that the new policy could lead to a domestic ou...
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The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 27,708 new local COVID-19 cases and 71 deaths. The deceased ranged in age from people in their 20s to older than 90. Thirty-two were unvaccinated, while 70 had chronic illnesses or other severe diseases, the CECC said. The sole fatality with no chronic illness or severe disease had received two COVID-19 vaccine shots, it said. The CECC said that 83 previously reported COVID-19 cases had become severe, while 125 people had developed moderate symptoms. Among the severe cases is an eight-year-old boy who suffered a stroke after contrac...
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