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HIGH RISK: The CDC urged parents of young children with enterovirus to take them immediately to hospital if they develop symptoms of severe complicationsBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

Taipei, June 27 (CNA) Taiwan is in talks to buy vaccines that offer crossover protection against monkeypox, as well as antiviral medications that could be used to treat patients who develop a severe reaction to the disease, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Monday.

The government is on Friday to start a second round of distributing free rapid COVID-19 test kits for children aged six or younger, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it reported 28,489 new local infections, 91 deaths, and 61 imported cases of the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 of SARS-CoV-2. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesperson, said that parents of children aged six or younger (born on or after Sept. 2, 2015) can obtain a pack of five test kits by bringing their children’s Nat...

The guidelines for diagnosing COVID-19 have been revised to include people aged 65 or older who test positive with a rapid test that is confirmed by a healthcare worker, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it reported 65,794 new local infections. The CECC had first announced the change on Monday, before publishing the new guidelines. Starting today, people aged 65 or older, regardless of whether they are undergoing home quarantine, home isolation or self-disease prevention, can be classified as a confirmed COVID-19 case by a healthcare professional, based on a positi...