No heat-up of COVID-19 in Greater Taipei: CECC
05/20/2021 10:54 PM
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People line up at a COVID-19 testing site in Taipei s Wanhua District, an epicenter of the recent outbreak. CNA photo May 19, 2021
Taipei, May 20 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday that based on the decline in test positivity rate for COVID-19 cases in Greater Taipei, there is no indication the outbreak is worsening.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who also heads the CECC, said Taipei saw a test positivity rate of 4.6 percent on Wednesday, compared with 10-11 percent in the first few days after the rapid screening service started on May 14.
Medical personnel at Taipei hospital infected with COVID
05/14/2021 10:32 PM
CNA photo May 14, 2021
Taipei, May 14 (CNA) A medical staff member of Tri-Service General Hospital s Songshan Branch in downtown Taipei was confirmed Friday to have contracted COVID-19, leading to a suspension of outpatient services at the hospital.
The case is not one of the 29 new domestic cases the CECC reported earlier that day.
According to Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the latest patient is a medical personnel working for outpatient services at the hospital, and the related details will not be publicized until Saturday because an investigation is currently still underway.
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