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Australia is suffering from a blind spot that, some experts say, could cause it to lose its leading position in the pandemic.
They say heath authorities are having difficulty seeing that the science has changed and that airborne spread should now be regarded as the dominant transmission route for the virus in settings where ventilation is poor.
They urge authorities to acknowledge this boldly and make appropriate policy modifications to meet the change. As the country struggles with a makeshift collection of quarantine facilities that share or leak air, some say a first step would be to create a strict national standard to keep everyone safe, particularly in hotels.
COVID-19: CECC reports 180 local infections
RAISED ALERT: If an average of 100 cases are reported for 14 consecutive days, a level 4 warning would be issued and travel restricted, Chen Shih-chung said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 185 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 180 locally transmitted cases and five imported cases.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the 180 local infections included 58 men and 112 women, aged from under five years old to older than 80, and the onset of symptoms occurred between April 23 and Friday.
The confirmed cases include 89 residents of Taipei, 75 residents of New Taipei City, six from Changhua County, four in Yilan County and Taoyuan, and one each in Taichung and Keelung, he said.
2021-05-11 16:06:06 GMT2021-05-12 00:06:06(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TAIPEI, May 11 (Xinhua) Taiwan reported seven new local COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with the source of infection not yet confirmed for six of them, the local disease monitoring agency said.
One case has been linked to an established cluster involving Taiwan-based China Airlines cargo pilots and employees at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport.
Five of the six cases with unknown sources have been linked to an arcade in Yilan County. In response to the cluster infection, the arcade has suspended operations and all employees have been placed under home isolation and tested for COVID-19.
CECC reports three new cases connected to hotel
LOOKING FOR ORIGIN: Hotel staff might have contracted COVID-19 after cleaning the rooms of pilots from foreign airlines, the head of the center said
By Lin Hui-chin / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported seven new COVID-19 cases, including three domestic ones linked to Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport.
Starting from next week, the center is to inspect quarantine hotels nationwide, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, told a news briefing in Taipei yesterday.
The center on Thursday said that a senior housekeeping employee at the hotel (identified as case No. 1,120) had tested positive for the virus, while 412 people at the hotel were moved to government quarantine facilities and received virus tests.