[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The 5th is the last day of the Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday. The epidemic continued to spread on the island. On that day, 216 new local confirmed cases were added, a new high this year.
Lianhe News Network said on the 5th that 216 confirmed cases were distributed in 12 counties and cities, of which New Taipei City added the most with 91 new cases.
It is worth noting that Changhua County announced on the 5th two cases of infection by men serving in the Guanxi Camp District, Hsinchu, and it is suspected that a cluster infection broke out in the camp.
The island is worried that after the Qingming Festival holiday, the number of confirmed cases will increase sharply.
However, Taiwan's "Executive President" Su Zhenchang shouted "the new Taiwan model", to put it bluntly, "half loose and half tight, and fight and go". Without strengthening control, I hope the epidemic will not be too serious.
On the 3rd, the Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Command Center also announced the relaxation of restrictions, loosening the conditions for release of isolation for those with mild symptoms and asymptomatic infections; if those who receive 3 shots of the vaccine in the future are diagnosed, the number of days of health management may also be shortened, which means that the three shots will be ignored. .
The editorial of the "China Times" on the 5th said, "This is simply a gamble on luck, how can Taiwan have this capital?" The article said that the Tsai authorities really want to please voters by loosening epidemic prevention and revitalizing the economy, and let epidemic prevention commander Chen Shizhong bring brilliant results. Run for mayor of Taipei.
However, the outbreak of the epidemic disrupted the layout of the DPP, and the original plan to relax was forced to change, and the Tsai authorities resisted, causing the entire epidemic prevention policy to waver and hesitate.
(Zhang Ruo)