Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Taipei City government on Sunday announced a ban on all on-site dining and drinking in the city starting Monday in response to the continued increase in domestically transmitted coronavirus cases in the capital city.
Two hospitals close fully or partly after staff test COVID-positive
05/20/2021 12:40 PM
The Heping Branch of Taipei City Hospital (CNA file photo)
Taipei, May 20 (CNA) One hospital in Taipei s Zhongzheng District and another in New Taipei s Xizhi District on Thursday announced full closure and partial closure, respectively, after they found employees infected with COVID-19.
The Heping Branch of Taipei City Hospital, located near Wanhua, the epicenter of the capital city s domestic coronavirus outbreak, said it has conducted full-scale screening of all of its patients and employees since May 13 after the hospital admitted two patients who were later confirmed as having the virus.
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.
CECC confirms 286 local cases, 1 death
FACILITY TRANSMISSION: Transmissions of COVID-19 were identified at Taipei City Hospital’s Heping branch, as well as Tri-Service General Hospital’s Songshan branch
By Sherry Hsiao, Su Yung-yao and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Infections have been newly confirmed at two more healthcare facilities, bringing the tally of facilities to five, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday as it reported 286 new domestic cases of COVID-19 and nine imported cases.
Transmissions of COVID-19 were newly identified at two Taipei healthcare facilities: Taipei City Hospital’s Heping branch and Tri-Service General Hospital’s Songshan branch, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) told the center’s afternoon briefing.