China News Service, April 18. According to a report by Taiwan's "Central News Agency" on the 17th, the number of new cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan has exceeded 1,000. Chen Shizhong, head of the Epidemic Command Center, said on the 17th that it is estimated that the infection rate in Taiwan may reach 15%. , the overall number of cases may exceed one million.

  The number of new coronary pneumonia cases in Taiwan is rising rapidly. Some experts on the island estimate that the infection rate in Taiwan may be as high as 20% to 30%.

Chen Shizhong said frankly a few days ago that it is "not entirely impossible" that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the local area will exceed one million.

  Chen Shizhong said again on the afternoon of the 17th that, based on Taiwan's past experience in epidemic prevention, it is estimated that the infection rate in Taiwan is about 15% to 16% of the population, which is equivalent to more than 3 million people. The next two weeks will be a close observation period. Watch out for exponential growth in the number of confirmed cases.

  Regarding the number of quarantine days that the public is concerned about, Chen Shizhong said that shortening the date needs to rely on scientific evidence, "of course there is a possibility", but according to overseas experience, it is more common to shorten it to 7 days, but there are also some places to adopt 5 days, which will be based on the epidemic situation. Appropriate adjustments will also be discussed with experts.

  Chen Shizhong said that the number of new local cases has exceeded 1,000 for three consecutive days recently, and some local health units are still actively chasing the source of infection, but the more cases, the less able to trace the source of infection.