By Huang Chi-lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） is investigating a potential COVID-19 cluster at a quarantine hotel in Kaohsiung, where four guests staying on the same floor were confirmed to have the virus between Sunday and yesterday, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung （陳時中）, who heads the center.
Several local governments are to set up vaccination sites in the coming days to enable more people to receive COVID-19 vaccines amid an increase in the number of locally transmitted infections.
New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) urged people to get a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and a booster shot as soon as possible, saying that 1.28 million residents in the city are eligible for a third dose after the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday shortened the interval between a second dose and a booster shot to 12 weeks from five months.
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Kaohsiung has not reported any dengue fever cases in 26 consecutive months, the Kaohsiung Department of Health said yesterday.
The city has recorded dengue fever cases on an annual basis since 1998, when accurate medical analysis and documentation became available, but it has not seen a new case since November 2019, said Pan Chao-ying (潘炤穎), a specialist at the health department.
The department said in a statement that the city makes a perfect breeding ground for yellow fever mosquitoes, which spread the dengue fever, because it lies to the south of the Tropic of Cancer, resulting in high temperatures and a humid