(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Taiwan has confirmed more than 60,000 cases for four consecutive days. The authorities plan to relax the isolation policy
China News Service, Taipei, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The "epidemic command center" of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 15th that there were 68,769 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, and the number of new cases exceeded 60,000 for four consecutive days.
Among them, there were 68,732 local cases, 37 imported cases, and 19 new deaths.
Since the beginning of this year, the total number of confirmed cases in Taiwan has increased by 672,998.
According to reports from Taiwanese media such as the Central News Agency and the United News Network, the "command center" stated that the new cases on that day ranged from under 5 years old to over 90 years old, with the most new cases in New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Taipei. The city added 11,701 new cases.
The new deaths ranged in age from their 70s to their 90s. They were all severe cases, all had a history of chronic diseases, and 8 had not been vaccinated.
Up to now, a total of 768,543 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in Taiwan, of which 756,283 have been diagnosed locally.
A total of 1,068 deaths have occurred, including 1,053 local deaths.
The "command center" said on the same day that after meeting with the county and city governments to reach a consensus, the elderly over the age of 65 who are positive in the quick screening result can receive oral antiviral drugs first after being evaluated by the doctor to be able to use the drugs to reduce severe and mortality rate.
In addition, the authorities are also planning to adopt a "0+7" isolation model for close contacts of confirmed cases after receiving three doses of the vaccine (self-prevention for 7 days, and only after a negative quick test can go out; or self-management for 7 days) , you can go out without quick screening), and relevant supporting measures will be announced on the 16th.
At present, for close contacts of confirmed cases on the island, the authorities adopt a "3+4" isolation model, that is, after the expiration of the 3-day home isolation period for close contacts, they will conduct self-epidemic prevention for another 4 days. Take public transportation and buy daily necessities, wear masks at all times when going out, and prohibit use in restaurants.
The Taiwan authorities have changed their epidemic prevention policies again and again, but the corresponding supporting measures have not kept up.
The rising number of confirmed cases in the past few days and many epidemic prevention chaos have caused a lot of public grievances.
The "United Daily News" commented that the chaos of quick screening, the chaos of housing separation, the chaos of the nine-square grid, the chaos of the epidemic prevention policy, and the chaos occurred all at once, and the Taiwan authorities' "advance deployment" has become a joke.
All kinds of anti-epidemic principles that should have been implemented long ago, before being deployed after being forced to coexist with the virus, are joking about the lives of the people.
The "China Times" editorial pointed out that in 2020, people will line up to buy masks, in 2021, people will line up to get vaccines, and in 2022, people will line up to buy quick screening agents, line up outside the emergency room for nucleic acid testing, and use the special line for epidemic prevention that will never be connected.
Quick screening, anti-viral drugs, online diagnosis and treatment, isolation sheets, and epidemic prevention kits are often not received until the quarantine is lifted.
The article pointed out, "Natural disasters are avoided, but man-made disasters are unforgivable." (End)