China News Service, May 20. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency" report, Taiwan's education department announced on the evening of the 19th that 8,570 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were diagnosed among students, with a total of 110,000 cases. Screened to counties, cities and schools, a total of 2.1 million doses have been distributed.
From January 1 to May 19, 2022, a total of 116,337 students in Taiwan were infected, of which 115,758 were local cases (an increase of 8,567 from the previous day's statistics), and 579 were imported cases (compared to the previous day). 3 cases were added in one day).
As of 3:00 pm on the 19th, a total of 360 schools in Taiwan have suspended physical courses, some classes in 1868 schools have been suspended, and schools in 22 counties and cities in Taiwan have been suspended.
Taiwan's education department issued a press release on the evening of the 19th, stating that in order to provide epidemic prevention resources for schools at all levels, an additional 600,000 doses of public-funded rapid screening have been obtained, which will be distributed to counties and cities on the 20th.
Currently, several rounds of distribution, including May 2, 4, 10, and 16, have accumulated to 2.1 million doses.