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Mild COVID patients should stay home due to lack of isolation wards
05/16/2021 06:10 PM
An isolation ward. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 16 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Sunday called on people with only mild COVID-19 symptoms in the greater Taipei region to stay at home instead of seeking medical attention at hospitals, due to limited numbers of isolation wards there following a hike in confirmed patient numbers in Taipei and New Taipei.
Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) made the call during a CECC press briefing after the country on Sunday confirmed 207 new cases of COVID-19, of which 206 were classified as domestic infections, the highest number ever recorded in Taiwan in a single day since the pandemic began.
COVID-19: Care facilities get tips for staying strong
ADEQUATE CAPACITY: CECC specialist advisory panel convener Chang Shan-chwen said the panel recommends that all healthcare facilities ‘reduce their operational load’
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced four strategies that would enable healthcare facilities to better maintain adequate capacity for treating COVID-19.
CECC specialist advisory panel convener Chang Shan-chwen (張上淳) said that while COVID-19 case numbers are growing fast, the panel suggests that all healthcare facilities “reduce their operational load.”
For example, Internet-based consultations or telemedicine can be used for follow-ups with patients with a stable chronic disease and for prescriptions, while non-urgent or unnecessary surgeries, examinations and other medical services should be postponed, he said.
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Lawmakers grill officials over cluster
DODGING DUTY? The CECC and the transport ministry had known since February that the hotel had airline crew and tourists in the same building, a legislator said
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday accused government officials of passing the buck regarding the COVID-19 cluster infection at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel, as none of them could give definitive answers to some key questions about the case.
The committee was briefed by officials from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Taoyuan City Government about their proposals to better manage flight and cabin crew members and other frontline workers to prevent weak spots in the disease prevention network.