Coronavirus Taiwan - Specific Developments May/June 2022

Brendon · May 2, 2022, 4:14am

I’m in a similar situation – my kid’s class had one confirmed case, so the class is closed and the school is telling the parents they have to quarantine. I’ve been trying to figure out whether we actually do or not.

When this happened to my girlfriend’s daughter, it was apparently the same, and then three days later they got official quarantine notices from the health department, and had to start their quarantine on that day.

MalcolmReynolds · May 2, 2022, 6:06am

Covid Stats For 2022-05-02

Local = 17,801

Airport = 29

Quarantine = 28

Deaths = 3

17,858 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 17,801 local and 57 imported

Release date: 2022-05-02

Summary

The Central Epidemic Command Center announced today (2) that there were 17,858 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan, including 17,801 local cases and 57 imported cases (29 were positive for flight landing tests); 3 deaths.

The command center said that there were 17,801 new local cases today, including 8,623 males, 9,167 females, and 11 under investigation, aged between 5 and over 90 years old. The cases are distributed in New Taipei City (6,584 cases) and Taipei City. City (3,718 cases), Taoyuan City (2,577 cases), Keelung City (874 cases), Taichung City (839 cases), Kaohsiung City (660 cases), Yilan County (397 cases), Hualien County (393 cases), Tainan City (390 cases), Pingtung County (285 cases), Hsinchu County (228 cases), Changhua County (203 cases), Yunlin County (142 cases), Taitung County (87 cases), Nantou County (86 cases), Chiayi County (83 cases), Miaoli County (81 cases), Hsinchu City (75 cases), Chiayi City (62 cases), Kinmen County (16 cases), Penghu County (15 cases), Lianjiang County (6 cases), The related epidemic investigation is ongoing.

The command center pointed out that there were 3 new local deaths today, 1 male and 2 females, aged between 70s and over 90s, all of whom were severe infections and had a history of chronic diseases. The date of diagnosis is from April 20 to April 26, 2022, and the date of death is from April 27 to April 28. Please refer to the attachment to the press release for details.

The command center stated that the 57 new cases of immigration from abroad today are 30 males and 27 females; the ages range from under 5 years old to over 80 years old. The entry date is from March 10 to May 1 this year.

According to the statistics of the command center, up to now, a total of 8,537,162 notifications related to the new coronavirus pneumonia have been reported in Taiwan (including 8,383,732 excluded), of which 150,808 were confirmed, including 11,443 immigrants, 139,311 local cases, 36 Dunmu Fleet, 3 aircraft infections, 1 Unknown cases and 14 cases under investigation. Since 2020, a total of 871 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, of which 856 are local. The counties and cities where the cases reside are: 418 in New Taipei City, 325 in Taipei City, 34 in Keelung City, 29 in Taoyuan City, 15 in Changhua County, and 15 in Hsinchu County. 13 cases, 5 cases in Taichung City, 3 cases each in Miaoli County, Hualien County and Yilan County, 2 cases in Pingtung County, and 1 case each in Hsinchu City, Nantou County, Yunlin County, Tainan City, Kaohsiung City and Taitung County; 15 cases were imported from abroad.

The command center once again calls on the public to implement personal protective measures such as hand hygiene, cough etiquette and wearing masks, reduce unnecessary movement, activities or gatherings, avoid entering and leaving crowded places, or areas with high risk of infection transmission, and take the initiative to be proactive In accordance with various epidemic prevention measures, download and use the “Taiwan Social Distancing APP” to jointly strictly guard the community defense line.

The command center has planned to increase the opening of community screening stations, epidemic prevention (fever) clinics, and encourage grass-roots clinics to provide inspection services, etc., to expand the capacity of inspections.

Release date: 2022-05-02

Summary

The Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center said today (2) that in order to prevent a large number of people from going to the hospital for emergency screening, which will cause emergency congestion and affect the capacity of critical care, the Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center has planned relevant response measures, and all local governments and medical institutions are requested to cooperate. handle. The instructions are as follows:

Local governments are requested to open more community screening stations according to the epidemic situation in their jurisdictions to expand service capacity.

Ask the responsible emergency hospital to open an epidemic prevention (fever) clinic to triage patients, and provide relevant assessment, inspection, and diagnosis and treatment services for people with mild or asymptomatic symptoms but positive home antigen rapid screening.

Those who are asymptomatic must be quickly screened for positive results before nucleic acid PCR testing can be taken. Residential/residential inspection will be handled in accordance with the relevant screening regulations.

Encourage grassroots clinics to provide collection and inspection services and expand the capacity of screening services.

Ask the hospital to activate the contingency mechanism, reduce service load and dispatch manpower to support inspection, notification, bed control and other work.

The command center pointed out that there are currently 344 community screening stations in all counties and cities across the country, and 104 specialized hospitals have opened epidemic prevention or disease clinics. People who are positive or have symptoms are requested to check the relevant webpages of local governments or hospitals for the nearest Go to use. The command center emphasizes that when setting up community screening stations, local governments are required to plan the presence of grass-roots physicians to assist in judging whether there is a risk or sign of severe illness, and if necessary, nurses will give health education. , can be directly prescribed symptomatic treatment drugs, while PCR test.

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It is not true that the media reported that the government used 100 yuan to purchase rapid screening reagents and raise the selling price

Release date: 2022-05-02

Summary

Regarding the China Times editorial report on this (2) day, the Food and Drug Administration used a guaranteed price of 100 yuan to purchase saliva rapid screening reagents, and the government raised the sales price of rapid screening reagents. It is not the Food and Drug Administration, and the command center has not purchased saliva rapid screening reagents. Currently, the household rapid screening reagents prepared are all types of nasal inspection, and they are carried out in accordance with the Government Procurement Law or the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law. The sales price of the real-name system is a reasonable price determined by the government’s acquisition cost plus the appropriate service cost. What this editorial says is not true and is hereby clarified.

The command center explained that the rapid screening reagent is a commodity derived from the development of the epidemic and the epidemic prevention policy, and was not the main epidemic prevention material prepared by the command center in the past. Domestic manufacturers produce or import rapid screening reagents for sale in the market. When the epidemic stabilized, there was a phenomenon of oversupply, and the price was determined by the market mechanism. At the beginning of this (111), in response to the Omicron epidemic, local governments and public health systems had a lot of demand for rapid screening reagents. The command center entrusted the Purchasing Department of the Bank of Taiwan to assist in the establishment of a joint supply contract platform for rapid screening reagents in accordance with the Government Procurement Law. , local governments, and key infrastructure are equivalent to purchasing orders on this platform. At that time, the domestic production capacity of rapid screening reagents was higher than the market demand, but the sales were not good due to the high market price. In order to digest excess capacity, domestic manufacturers turned to joint supply contracts. The platform bids at a low price, which is a market environment where the final bid price of domestic rapid screening reagents is 59 yuan per dose. According to domestic manufacturers, the 59-yuan quick-screening reagents purchased by the Kaohsiung City Government and other local governments were ordered before the outbreak of the epidemic, and were obtained one after another. At present, due to the huge increase in demand, the delivery date of the platform has been negotiated separately by the two parties, and the delivery date has been extended to after July this year. Currently, there is no such price in the market.

The command center further explained that the Omicron epidemic developed rapidly in April this year, and the new “3+4” isolation system was implemented on April 26 this year, and the demand for rapid screening reagents increased rapidly. The Prevention and Control Law requisitioned domestic rapid screening reagents and required domestic manufacturers to expand production. Considering that there are additional costs for manufacturers to expand production, such as rush work, overtime, etc., incentives are provided according to the mask requisition mode, and the fixed requisition price of domestic rapid screening reagents is set at 72.45 yuan per dose. The command center emphasized that the government is to obtain more domestic rapid screening reagents in the short term, considering the cost of rushing to work, and setting a reasonable requisition price, not to benefit domestic manufacturers.

As for the rapid screening reagents imported from abroad, whether it is the earlier joint supply contract platform of Taiwan banks, or the government’s current expansion of procurement in response to the epidemic, each dose remains unchanged at 95 yuan. At present, the rapid screening reagents used in the real-name system are all imported products. The government purchase price is 95 yuan per dose, plus system construction, warehousing, packaging, logistics and transportation, and sales by pharmacists in pharmacies. 100 yuan is sold for public use. In addition to the real-name system, government-purchased quick-screening reagents are also provided to the public for free for home isolation and epidemic prevention screening. The real-name system is priced at the government only to reflect the cost and not make money from the public.

The command center reiterated that it is currently making every effort to supply rapid screening reagents to implement the policy goal of “sufficient quantity and stable price”. There are many misunderstandings in media reports, which are hereby clarified.

Current Severity of Symptoms Statistics

Local Cases By Districts (Interactive Map)

DrewC · May 2, 2022, 6:10am

Almost 36% positivity rate!!!

The level of testing is quite frankly pathetic.

Marco · May 2, 2022, 6:17am

MalcolmReynolds:

Covid Stats For 2022-05-02

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Local = 17,801

Airport = 29

Quarantine = 28

Deaths = 3

17,858 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 17,801 local and 57 imported

Release date: 2022-05-02

Summary

The Central Epidemic Command Center announced today (2) that there were 17,858 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan, including 17,801 local cases and 57 imported cases (29 were positive for flight landing tests); 3 deaths.

The command center said that there were 17,801 new local cases today, including 8,623 males, 9,167 females, and 11 under investigation, aged between 5 and over 90 years old. The cases are distributed in New Taipei City (6,584 cases) and Taipei City. City (3,718 cases), Taoyuan City (2,577 cases), Keelung City (874 cases), Taichung City (839 cases), Kaohsiung City (660 cases), Yilan County (397 cases), Hualien County (393 cases), Tainan City (390 cases), Pingtung County (285 cases), Hsinchu County (228 cases), Changhua County (203 cases), Yunlin County (142 cases), Taitung County (87 cases), Nantou County (86 cases), Chiayi County (83 cases), Miaoli County (81 cases), Hsinchu City (75 cases), Chiayi City (62 cases), Kinmen County (16 cases), Penghu County (15 cases), Lianjiang County (6 cases), The related epidemic investigation is ongoing.

The command center pointed out that there were 3 new local deaths today, 1 male and 2 females, aged between 70s and over 90s, all of whom were severe infections and had a history of chronic diseases. The date of diagnosis is from April 20 to April 26, 2022, and the date of death is from April 27 to April 28. Please refer to the attachment to the press release for details.

The command center stated that the 57 new cases of immigration from abroad today are 30 males and 27 females; the ages range from under 5 years old to over 80 years old. The entry date is from March 10 to May 1 this year.

According to the statistics of the command center, up to now, a total of 8,537,162 notifications related to the new coronavirus pneumonia have been reported in Taiwan (including 8,383,732 excluded), of which 150,808 were confirmed, including 11,443 immigrants, 139,311 local cases, 36 Dunmu Fleet, 3 aircraft infections, 1 Unknown cases and 14 cases under investigation. Since 2020, a total of 871 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, of which 856 are local. The counties and cities where the cases reside are: 418 in New Taipei City, 325 in Taipei City, 34 in Keelung City, 29 in Taoyuan City, 15 in Changhua County, and 15 in Hsinchu County. 13 cases, 5 cases in Taichung City, 3 cases each in Miaoli County, Hualien County and Yilan County, 2 cases in Pingtung County, and 1 case each in Hsinchu City, Nantou County, Yunlin County, Tainan City, Kaohsiung City and Taitung County; 15 cases were imported from abroad.

The command center once again calls on the public to implement personal protective measures such as hand hygiene, cough etiquette and wearing masks, reduce unnecessary movement, activities or gatherings, avoid entering and leaving crowded places, or areas with high risk of infection transmission, and take the initiative to be proactive In accordance with various epidemic prevention measures, download and use the “Taiwan Social Distancing APP” to jointly strictly guard the community defense line.

The command center has planned to increase the opening of community screening stations, epidemic prevention (fever) clinics, and encourage grass-roots clinics to provide inspection services, etc., to expand the capacity of inspections.

Release date: 2022-05-02

Summary

The Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center said today (2) that in order to prevent a large number of people from going to the hospital for emergency screening, which will cause emergency congestion and affect the capacity of critical care, the Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center has planned relevant response measures, and all local governments and medical institutions are requested to cooperate. handle. The instructions are as follows:

Local governments are requested to open more community screening stations according to the epidemic situation in their jurisdictions to expand service capacity.

Ask the responsible emergency hospital to open an epidemic prevention (fever) clinic to triage patients, and provide relevant assessment, inspection, and diagnosis and treatment services for people with mild or asymptomatic symptoms but positive home antigen rapid screening.

Those who are asymptomatic must be quickly screened for positive results before nucleic acid PCR testing can be taken. Residential/residential inspection will be handled in accordance with the relevant screening regulations.

Encourage grassroots clinics to provide collection and inspection services and expand the capacity of screening services.

Ask the hospital to activate the contingency mechanism, reduce service load and dispatch manpower to support inspection, notification, bed control and other work.

The command center pointed out that there are currently 344 community screening stations in all counties and cities across the country, and 104 specialized hospitals have opened epidemic prevention or disease clinics. People who are positive or have symptoms are requested to check the relevant webpages of local governments or hospitals for the nearest Go to use. The command center emphasizes that when setting up community screening stations, local governments are required to plan the presence of grass-roots physicians to assist in judging whether there is a risk or sign of severe illness, and if necessary, nurses will give health education. , can be directly prescribed symptomatic treatment drugs, while PCR test.

It is not true that the media reported that the government used 100 yuan to purchase rapid screening reagents and raise the selling price

Release date: 2022-05-02

Summary

Regarding the China Times editorial report on this (2) day, the Food and Drug Administration used a guaranteed price of 100 yuan to purchase saliva rapid screening reagents, and the government raised the sales price of rapid screening reagents. It is not the Food and Drug Administration, and the command center has not purchased saliva rapid screening reagents. Currently, the household rapid screening reagents prepared are all types of nasal inspection, and they are carried out in accordance with the Government Procurement Law or the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law. The sales price of the real-name system is a reasonable price determined by the government’s acquisition cost plus the appropriate service cost. What this editorial says is not true and is hereby clarified.

The command center explained that the rapid screening reagent is a commodity derived from the development of the epidemic and the epidemic prevention policy, and was not the main epidemic prevention material prepared by the command center in the past. Domestic manufacturers produce or import rapid screening reagents for sale in the market. When the epidemic stabilized, there was a phenomenon of oversupply, and the price was determined by the market mechanism. At the beginning of this (111), in response to the Omicron epidemic, local governments and public health systems had a lot of demand for rapid screening reagents. The command center entrusted the Purchasing Department of the Bank of Taiwan to assist in the establishment of a joint supply contract platform for rapid screening reagents in accordance with the Government Procurement Law. , local governments, and key infrastructure are equivalent to purchasing orders on this platform. At that time, the domestic production capacity of rapid screening reagents was higher than the market demand, but the sales were not good due to the high market price. In order to digest excess capacity, domestic manufacturers turned to joint supply contracts. The platform bids at a low price, which is a market environment where the final bid price of domestic rapid screening reagents is 59 yuan per dose. According to domestic manufacturers, the 59-yuan quick-screening reagents purchased by the Kaohsiung City Government and other local governments were ordered before the outbreak of the epidemic, and were obtained one after another. At present, due to the huge increase in demand, the delivery date of the platform has been negotiated separately by the two parties, and the delivery date has been extended to after July this year. Currently, there is no such price in the market.

The command center further explained that the Omicron epidemic developed rapidly in April this year, and the new “3+4” isolation system was implemented on April 26 this year, and the demand for rapid screening reagents increased rapidly. The Prevention and Control Law requisitioned domestic rapid screening reagents and required domestic manufacturers to expand production. Considering that there are additional costs for manufacturers to expand production, such as rush work, overtime, etc., incentives are provided according to the mask requisition mode, and the fixed requisition price of domestic rapid screening reagents is set at 72.45 yuan per dose. The command center emphasized that the government is to obtain more domestic rapid screening reagents in the short term, considering the cost of rushing to work, and setting a reasonable requisition price, not to benefit domestic manufacturers.

As for the rapid screening reagents imported from abroad, whether it is the earlier joint supply contract platform of Taiwan banks, or the government’s current expansion of procurement in response to the epidemic, each dose remains unchanged at 95 yuan. At present, the rapid screening reagents used in the real-name system are all imported products. The government purchase price is 95 yuan per dose, plus system construction, warehousing, packaging, logistics and transportation, and sales by pharmacists in pharmacies. 100 yuan is sold for public use. In addition to the real-name system, government-purchased quick-screening reagents are also provided to the public for free for home isolation and epidemic prevention screening. The real-name system is priced at the government only to reflect the cost and not make money from the public.

The command center reiterated that it is currently making every effort to supply rapid screening reagents to implement the policy goal of “sufficient quantity and stable price”. There are many misunderstandings in media reports, which are hereby clarified.

Current Severity of Symptoms Statistics

Local Cases By Districts (Interactive Map)

台灣 Covid-19 本土病例地圖

I think they should make the font on that 106000 smaller.

DrewC · May 2, 2022, 6:35am

Good for Chen shutting that nonsense down.

afterspivak · May 2, 2022, 6:57am

I don’t disagree with the general sentiment. But it seems the driver of the very high positivity rate is that, in northern Taiwan, you need to show a positive RAT result before they will let you have a PCR test—and it’s the latter that is counted as official. So it’s already a highly select group, at least in northern Taiwan, who are accessing PCR tests (in addition to those others who are tested to enter hospitals and for other purposes).

Guy

ron212 · May 2, 2022, 7:37am

It’s a feature, not a bug

Andrew · May 2, 2022, 7:37am

I don’t see how that makes sense. If people are required to show a positive rapid test before being allowed to take a PCR test, the positivity rate for the PCR tests should be much higher.

The PCR tests are much more sensitive than the rapid tests, and should pick up cases not detected by them. The other way around (positive rapid test, negative PCR) is very unlikely, AFAIK.

deepshelter · May 2, 2022, 7:54am

Remote schooling but pay parent. Meanwhile, teacher’s pay??? HAHAHA.

afterspivak · May 2, 2022, 7:54am

Remember the policy I described—positive RAT needed before a PCR test is administered—is in Taipei and Xinbei, not national.

Plus even in Taipei and Xinbei, there are other reasons for people to take PCR tests (entering hospitals, etc).

Guy

the_bear · May 2, 2022, 7:55am

Only some of the PCR tests are coming from positive rapid tests I guess….

tempogain · May 2, 2022, 10:32am

15 posts were split to a new topic: Electronic isolation notice delivery system

papertowel · May 2, 2022, 8:37am

A rat positive for what? Rabies?

Guy

afterspivak · May 2, 2022, 8:39am

Nah, nothin’ that fun. Just a positive rapid antigen test result is apparently needed, as of now, before getting a PCR test in the above named municipalities.

Guy

lostinasia · May 2, 2022, 8:45am

Twitter thread with graphs and discussion of who’s catching COVID so far - i.e., not the elderly much, yet.

Nix · May 2, 2022, 12:20pm

Hmm, I wonder why middle and highschool kids are underrepresented.

afterspivak · May 2, 2022, 12:26pm

Asymptomatic and hence undertested?

Guy

BiggusDickus · May 2, 2022, 12:26pm

Not testing positive because they have no symptoms.

sxguier · May 2, 2022, 12:53pm

My covidphobic father in law just got positive, they ask him to take one another rapid test…and after confrim positive again…they ask him to go to Pingtung Hospital to take PCR. ( He lives on the mountains, 25km from city, 69yrs old went by scooter on this rainy weather )

So what’s the point of the CECC when they ask RAT to “avoid unnecessary hospital agglomeration” and only come if you present high fever?

afterspivak · May 2, 2022, 12:55pm

I’m really sorry to hear about your father in law.

The CECC is trying to conserve PCR tests. They know numbers will continue to explode in the upcoming month(s).

I hope things turn out OK.

Guy