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The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday demanded that Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Wu Shou-mei (吳秀梅) resign over flawed COVID-19 rapid test kits that entered the commercial market. Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Tests imported by Safeway OA Supply Co Ltd (大鑫資訊) were recalled on Wednesday, as the importer allegedly illegally purchased subpar kits from China and sold them as US-made products. KMT caucus whip William Tseng (曾銘宗) at a news conference yesterday said that he noticed “red flags” regarding the Flowflex test kit after ....
A total of 616 people at residential service facilities have died from COVID-19 complications since April 1, but the prescription rate of antiviral drugs was last week increased to 86 percent in the hopes of reducing severe cases, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it reported 66,119 new local cases. Social and Family Affairs Administration Director Chien Hui-chuan (簡慧娟) said that, as of Sunday, 7,972 staff members and 30,420 residents at 1,485 residential service facilities had this year contracted COVID-19. The facilities include long-term care facilities; nursing homes; psychiatric care and rehabilitation facilities; and child, juvenile, disabled or senior ....
People aged 65 or older, and those over 60 who are immunocompromised, will be eligible for a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine beginning next week at the earliest, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as COVID-19 cases topped 60,000 for a second day. People eligible for a fourth shot must wait at least five months after receiving their third dose to receive the next booster, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman, adding that the center would soon announce a vaccination schedule. The decision to start administering another round of COVID-19 ....
EASY TESTING: The president called for the establishment of large PCR testing stations in New Taipei City, Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan to ease the burden on local hospitalsBy Lee Hsin-fang and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA ....
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