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《TAIPEI TIMES》 CECC reports 312 new local cases

People in Pingtung County yesterday hold up signs urging the public to have their body temperature measured, wash their hands carefully and wear masks after the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in the county.
Photo: Tsai Tsung-hsien, Taipei Times

People in Pingtung County yesterday hold up signs urging the public to have their body temperature measured, wash their hands carefully and wear masks after the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in the county. Photo: Tsai Tsung-hsien, Taipei Times

2021/05/22 03:00

MAPPING THE SPREAD: Raising alert levels, based on the number of cases reported, also depends on whether it can continue to trace infection sources, the center said

By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 312 new local COVID-19 cases and called on local governments to implement disease prevention measures consistent with pandemic alert level 3 guidelines.

“The outbreak is still at its peak,” Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, told a news conference in Taipei, calling on the public to reduce nonessential travel over this weekend.

Next week is crucial to determine whether Taiwan’s measures to contain an accelerating outbreak of the virus centered in Taipei and New Taipei City have been successful, he said.

Among the 312 new cases — 170 male and 142 female — the majority live in northern Taiwan: 144 in New Taipei City, 127 in Taipei and 13 in Taoyuan, Chen said.

He said that 107 of them had recently been to Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華), adding that 73 had visited teahouses, six had links to a civic group, five had links to a fruit vendor and 24 had no traceable sources of infection.

The infection sources of 72 cases are unclear, and the source of 25 infections is under investigation, Chen said.

The center on Wednesday raised the nationwide pandemic alert to level 3, following level 3 alerts imposed in Taipei and New Taipei City on Saturday last week.

Asked whether the CECC might raise the alert to level 4, Chen reiterated his previous statement that the center has no such a plan.

CECC guidelines prescribe that the alert should be raised to level 4 if an average of 100 daily cases or more is reported for two straight weeks, with half of them having no identifiable source.

Under a level 4 alert, most business activities would be suspended, as well as classes at schools, and people would be required to stay at home if not for essential activities.

New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) on Wednesday said that the city is adopting measures close to a level 4 alert, calling on residents to brace for tightened regulations.

Regarding whether to raise the alert level, the center also considers additional factors to assess the COVID-19 risk in Taiwan, Chen said yesterday, adding that only a quarter to one-third of the recently reported cases were not traceable.

Despite the center of the outbreak being in the north, the CECC aims to set consistent standards for the whole nation, as this would make disease prevention easier, he said.

Asked if the center would follow the Taipei and New Taipei City governments in implementing a ban on dining at food stalls in wet and night markets, as well as food courts at markets, Chen said that there is no need under level 3 alert guidelines.

Level 3 guidelines require eateries to record contact information of visitors, and if they are unable to do so, they can only serve take-out customers, Chen said.

The center yesterday also reported three new imported cases, arrivals from the US, the Philippines and Canada.

新聞來源:TAIPEI TIMES

A man yesterday does situps in the exercise area of a park in New Taipei City. Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, the New Taipei City Government has announced that all 800 park facilities in the city are to be closed until Friday next week.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

A man yesterday does situps in the exercise area of a park in New Taipei City. Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, the New Taipei City Government has announced that all 800 park facilities in the city are to be closed until Friday next week. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

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