A woman receives a booster shot of the coronavirus disease vaccine at Taipei main station ahead of Lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan 24, 2022.TAIPEI - Taiwan is in only the early stages of a Covid-19 outbreak and domestic cases will keep rising for the time being, its health minister said on Wednesday , as the island recorded its highest number of daily Covid infections since the pandemic began.
But local cases have been steadily rising since the start of this year, though the numbers are still relatively small at 4,932 discovered since Jan 1. Only 16 people have been classified as even moderately ill and just two have died. Taiwan's population is 23 million. The government has been talking about the "new Taiwan model", trying to eliminate serious illness while controlling less severe cases and not shutting down large parts of the economy, as happened between May and July last year during an earlier spike.Officials have said there is no need to panic, pointing to the rarity of serious illness, but have urged people to get booster vaccine shots.
Chen did not answer questions on whether the government would move again to tighten rules on attending mass gatherings, such as concerts.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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