Most of Taiwan’s 672 local COVID-19 cases this year involved the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, and patients aged 12 or younger mostly had different symptoms from older people, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. While 590 of the local cases where adolescents or adults, 82 of those infected were children aged 12 or younger, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division. About 63 percent of the infected children had fevers and coughs, while only about 20 percent of adolescents and adults had a fever, he said. However, gathering data is