Tsai administration

320 Domestic Cases, 166 Backlog Cases, and 21 Deaths Confirmed, as Speed of Test Result Processing Picks Up

320 new domestic cases were announced by the CECC today, along with seven imported cases, and 166 cases from the backlog. The CECC also revealed details of its efforts to speed up the processing of backlogged cases, stating that lower daily numbers have been reported from the backlog because the processing of backlogged cases has increased in speed...

401 New Domestic Cases, 266 Cases from Backlog, Chen Shih-Chung Reveals Details of Biontech Negotiations

401 new domestic cases and four imported cases were announced today, along with 266 cases added from the backlog. For the first time, Minister of Health Chen Shih-chung revealed the timeline for negotiations with Biontech and why talks broke down, something that began due to Biontech raising issues over what term Taiwan should be referred to as in a press release, despite having originally signed off on the press release...

Level Three Alert Extension Announced, Along with Vaccine Shipments in June and August

The CECC announced that the current level three alert will be extended until June 14th at its press conference this afternoon. Two million vaccines are set to arrive in Taiwan in June, while ten million vaccines are set to arrive in August. 281 domestic cases, two imported cases, and six new deaths were also announced. Though this is the third consecutive day that has seen six deaths due to COVID-19 and the number of new cases is subject to revision as new cases are added from the backlog of unprocessed tests, this is significantly down from yesterday's 376 cases...