Out of the 180 new #COVID19 in #Taiwan today, there are 132 cases without clear sources of infection. 43 are related to the Wanhua cluster, 4 related to the New Taipei cluster and 1 related to the Yilan cluster. Almost 2/3 of the new cases have no clear sources of infection.
Health minister Chen Shih-Chong said #Taiwan will only impose a strict total lockdown if it records more than 100 cases for 7 days in a row. cna.com.tw/news/firstnews…
Many are asking what caused the latest outbreak in #Taiwan and my humble and personal observation is that people in Taiwan have become relatively too relaxed about the preventative measures following more than a year of rather successful pandemic prevention.
While masks are still worn by more than 65 to 70% of the people in public areas in Taipei, it is very clear that the level of awareness has dropped and people have become quite relaxed about the possibility of a looming outbreak like this one.
I personally think one concerning loophole in #Taiwan's border control is the fact that they still don't test any incoming passengers after they complete the 14 day quarantine + 7-day self-health monitoring. This could potentially allow some asymptomatic cases to slip through.
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A powerful op-ed on #Xinjiang's human rights crisis from @JewherIlham and @SophieHRW: "The gravity of abuses against Ilham Tohti and so many others across the Uyghur region is breathtaking. But to fail in the effort to stop them would be to give Beijing ...theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
... a free pass to commit crimes against humanity. The supposedly 'hostile forces' do not need to “whine” – they need to act."
"Ilham Tohti’s fate was a grim harbinger of the government’s campaign of repression against Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslims across the Uyghur region."
Breaking: One of the main hospitals in #Taiwan's New Taipei City, Fareastern Hospital, reported 7 #COVID19 cases within the hospital and the hospital said so far all medical staff have been tested negative. cna.com.tw/news/firstnews…
The hospital has also immediately tested all the patients that have come into close contact with the initial patient who was tested positive on May 14.
The hospital will now try to reduce the number of incoming patients for their clinics and they will only discharge patients from hospitalization and they will temporarily not accept any new incoming patients unless they are in critical and urgent conditions.
According to the result from a report by the German Bundestag's Scientific Service, German companies could soon be forced to restrict their activities in #Xinjiang or withdraw from there altogether, due to the serious violations against #Uyghurs. sueddeutsche.de/politik/untern…
"The report states that once the Supply Chain Act comes into force, 'an obligation on the part of German companies to break off business relations with their Chinese suppliers seems almost inevitable' if they use forced laborers. Otherwise, German companies would face fines.
In individual cases, "individual criminal liability of company employees" could also result.
An airstrike launched by Israel destroyed a high-rise building in #Gaza that housed the offices of several foreign media outlets including @AP, @AlJazeera_World, and others. apnews.com/article/israel…
AP staffers and other tenants safely evacuated the building after the military telephoned a warning that the strike was imminent within an hour. Three heavy missiles struck the 12-story building, collapsing it in a giant cloud of dust.
“The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today,” AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said in a statement.
Breaking: Among the 180 cases in #Taiwan, 89 are in Taipei, 75 in New Taipei. There are also cases in Taichung and Changhua.
All recent cluster cases in #Taiwan share the same mutated #COVID19 strain from the UK.
Apart from 89 confirmed cases in Taipei and 75 confirmed cases in New Taipei City, there are 6 new cases in Changhua County, 4 in Yilan County, 4 in Taoyuan County, 1 in Taichung City and 1 in Keelung.