After #Taiwan reported the highest daily local #COVID19 case in two months, President @iingwen has urged residents to go get their booster shots. She also urged the public not to panic while paying attention to pandemic prevention measures. cna.com.tw/news/aipl/2022…
Given the fact that one of the big cluster cases happened at an adult entertainment venue, Tsai said the Central Epidemic Control Center has rolled out special guidelines for these particular entertainment venues to follow.
Meanwhile, #Taiwan's Health Minister said the mask mandate that has been in place for the most part of the pandemic won't be relaxed in April while urging the public to stay alert and don't panic during the upcoming tomb-sweeping festival next weekend. cna.com.tw/news/ahel/2022…
The expert from the CECC said since most of the recent confirmed #COVID19 cases have already received two or three shots of vaccines, most of them have mild symptoms. However, he still urged elderly to get boosted in order to prevent serious symptoms.
Chen admitted on Sunday that there are infection chains in the community so it's impossible to pursue "zero-#COVID." However, he said #Taiwan will continue to work towards cutting the number of cases down to zero.
He also urged residents to not go travel with people that they don't know while strictly following the mask mandate even if they have been fully vaccinated. He said the double layer of protection through vaccines and masks can offer better protection.
Chen also said that the key factors to consider for determining when to tighten pandemic control measures will be based on the capacity of hospitals and the percentage of patients with serious symptoms.
Since most of the recent cases are mild symptoms, it hasn't created too much pressure for the healthcare sector.
Additionally, regarding when #Taiwan will reduce the quarantine days from 10 to 7, Chen also said it will depend on the capacity of hospitals. He is not ruling out the possibility of postponing the rollout of 7 day quarantine.

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China's Shanghai announced that they will impose a two-stage lockdown starting tomorrow and carry out a city-wide PCR testing, as the number of asymptomatic #COVID19 cases in the city continues to rise. nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn…
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