(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 200 cases have been confirmed in three markets in Taipei, and relevant personnel will be screened for the second time
China News Agency, Taipei, July 3-The recent outbreak of new coronary pneumonia cluster infections at three major wholesale markets in Taipei has caused more than 200 people to be diagnosed.
The "Pandemic Epidemic Command Center" of the Taiwan authorities stated on the 3rd that it will again conduct full testing on relevant market personnel in Taipei City from the 8th.
According to reports from Taiwanese media such as the Central News Agency, United News Network, and China Times News, the Taipei City Government will conduct large-scale nucleic acid tests for employees in the local wholesale market on July 1.
After 41 people were diagnosed in the Huannan Market on the 2nd, the Taipei City Government announced on the 3rd that 5 more people were diagnosed in the wholesale market.
According to statistics from Taiwan media, as of the 3rd, a total of 220 people were diagnosed in the three wholesale markets in Taipei.
Among them, there are 88 people in the first fruit and vegetable wholesale market, 21 in the second fruit and vegetable wholesale market (Binjiang Fruit and Vegetable Market), and 111 in the Huannan Market.
The "command center" stated that the confirmed cases were concentrated in Taipei and New Taipei.
In the near future, it will strengthen the management of mobile workers such as porters in the Taipei wholesale market, and will once again conduct full inspections on market employees from the 8th.
Due to the large flow of people in the wholesale market and most of the people entering and leaving the market are elderly citizens, in order to prevent cluster infections, New Taipei City also announced on the 3rd that relevant practitioners need to have a quick negative test certificate or vaccination certificate to enter the local wholesale market, otherwise Disqualification for trading.
The "command center" announced on the same day that there were 80 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, of which 76 were local cases, and another 4 were imported from abroad; of the confirmed cases, there were 10 new deaths.
As of now, a total of 14,991 confirmed cases have been confirmed in Taiwan, including 13,758 local cases; since 2020, a total of 686 deaths have been registered, including 678 local deaths.
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