Contestation local governments controlled by the pan-Blue camp and the central government regarding COVID-19 continues. The latest issue to be contested is that of temporary vaccination stations set up by the central government to boost vaccination among children...
Even as daily reported domestic cases have not yet broken 50,000, Taiwan maintains efforts to transition away from COVID-zero. The past three days have seen over 40,000 cases, with 40,263 domestic cases reported today, 44,294 domestic cases reported yesterday, and 46,377 domestic cases reported the day prior...
With Taiwan currently transitioning toward co-existence with COVID-19, Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has struck an unusual note by emphasizing that with a deterioration of the situation, Taipei would shift to a “soft lockdown"...
11,353 domestic COVID-19 cases were reported by the CECC today. This is the first day in the duration of the pandemic to date that Taiwan reported more than 10,000 domestic cases and yesterday the CECC stated that it anticipated cases to break 10,000 today...
The Central Epidemic Command Center which manages Taiwan’s COVID-19 response announced several major policy shifts this afternoon. First, starting from today, the QR code registration system used for contact tracing will no longer be used. This is because the number of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan is too high for contact tracing, as a result of which contact tracing will no longer be carried out...
5,108 confirmed cases, 113 imported cases, and zero deaths were reported by the Central Epidemic Command Center at its daily COVID-19 press conference today. 106 of the imported cases were found on arrival, while seven were found while in quarantine...
Taiwan reported 1,209 domestic cases of COVID-19 today. Apart from being the highest number of cases reported to date, this is also the first time that Taiwan has broken 1,000 daily domestic cases. Otherwise, 75 imported cases were 68 of which were found while on arrival, while 7 were found while in quarantine. Zero deaths were reported...
The Central Epidemic Command Center reported 551 domestic cases, 112 imported cases, and zero deaths today. 551 domestic cases is the highest number of daily cases recorded in Taiwan since the start of the pandemic, though daily case counts from last year were subject to revision because of delays in processing backlogged COVID-19 test results...
56 domestic cases, 107 imported cases, and zero deaths were reported by the CECC today. Today’s CECC daily press conference began twenty-five minutes late, due to Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung meeting with legislators in the Legislative Yuan...
33 domestic cases, 63 imported cases, and zero deaths were reported by the CECC today. This is slightly down from yesterday’s 34 cases, but Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung stated that what is a matter of concern is multiple cases with unknown sources of infection. Only four of the domestic cases were found while in quarantine, with thirteen imported cases found on arrival, and fifty found while in quarantine. There were fewer imported cases due to fewer arrivals today...
