Breaking: Taiwan reported 55 local cases, 1 imported case and 5 death.
There is another new case in the Delta variant cluster case in the southern county Pingtung.
The toal number of tests conducted in Pingtung for the Delta cluster case is 5921.
The government has issued six guidelines for vendors and consumers to follow at large wholesale markets across #Taiwan, including protective gears, social distance and the control of total number of customers allowed into the markets.
Chen says the 410000 doses of Moderna vaccines that will arrive this afternoon will first be inspected for its quality before it was rolled out for vaccination.
The CECC will slowly roll out guidelines for markets, night markets and other public venues in case the outbreak continues to go down and they can open up these public places under these guidelines.
Chen said #Taiwan is planning to expand the number of vaccination and then try to catch up with the vaccination rate for the second dose. He said a lot of countries are following such practices.
The first wave of the Moderna vaccine donated by the US will be delivered to local governments tonight.
Chen said #Taiwan has already started the negotiation with vaccine manufacturers for the third dose of vaccines for a while now.
Chen also said the government is planning to gain approval for a study about mixing AZ and Moderna shots. This is an important development regarding #Taiwan's possible move to approve mixed vaccination.
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