Coronavirus Taiwan - Specific Developments May/June 2022

[BigDave]

So they test positive and self isolate for a week? Until they test negative?

Are you saying they don’t inform anyone of a positive rapid test?

[afterspivak]

@Icon

So Taipei City government is taking action, giving away testing kits for free, setting up new testing sites like a drive in in Muzha and, of all places, CKS Memorial Hall.

This is not a Taipei City initiative alone; it seems it’s part of a new strategy for north Taiwan, with three new mass testing sites in New Taipei, two in Taoyuan, and one in Keelung.

Nine more PCR testing stations to be set up in the north - Focus Taiwan

Guy

[Shaun008]

@afterspivak

Maybe take up organic farming? Then we’re all good.

Guy

It is supposed to be organic, mostly acetic acid and stinks like vinegar, but still don’t want to be breathing it in, especially as I have upped the potency do to it raining

[Icon]

Good. The more the merrier.

[meishijia]

Conference starting but only one of the reporters have shown up

[MalcolmReynolds]

Covid Stats For 2022-05-15

Local = 68,732

Airport = 23

Quarantine = 14

Deaths = 19

68,769 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 68,732 local and 37 imported

Release date: 2022-05-15

Summary

The Central Epidemic Command Center announced today (15) that there were 68,769 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan, including 68,732 local cases and 37 imported cases (23 were positive for flight landing tests); 19 deaths.

The command center said that there were 68,732 new local cases today, including 32,706 males, 36,003 females, and 23 under investigation, aged between 5 and over 90 years old. The cases are distributed in New Taipei City (22,891 cases), Taipei City City (11,701 cases), Taoyuan City (9,675 cases), Taichung City (4,029 cases), Kaohsiung City (3,882 cases), Tainan City (2,474 cases), Keelung City (2,122 cases), Hsinchu County (1,871 cases), Yilan County (1,871 cases), Changhua County (1,408 cases), Hsinchu City (1,312 cases), Pingtung County (1,299 cases), Hualien County (1,065 cases), Miaoli County (883 cases), Yunlin County (649 cases), Nantou County (466 cases), Chiayi County (368 cases), Taitung County (332 cases), Chiayi City (193 cases), Kinmen County (120 cases), Penghu County (115 cases), Lianjiang County (6 cases), The related epidemic investigation is ongoing.

The command center pointed out that there were 19 new local deaths today, including 12 males and 7 females, aged in their 70s to over 90 years old, all of them had severe infections and had a history of chronic diseases, and 8 were unvaccinated. The date of diagnosis was from May 2 to May 12, today (2022), and the date of death was from May 7 to May 13. Please refer to the attachment to the press release for details.

The command center stated that among the 37 new cases of immigration from abroad today, 20 were male, 10 were female, and 7 were under investigation. They were between the ages of 10 and 60. The infected countries are all under investigation, and the date of entry is between April this year. 29th to 14th May.

According to the statistics of the command center, up to now, there have been 9,558,371 cases of new coronavirus pneumonia-related notifications in Taiwan (including 8,786,521 cases excluded), of which 768,543 cases were confirmed, including 12,206 cases of overseas immigrants, 756,283 cases of local cases, 36 cases of Dunmu Fleet, 3 cases of aircraft infection, 1 case is unknown and 14 cases are under investigation. Since 2020, there have been a total of 1,068 COVID-19 deaths, of which 1,053 were local. The counties and cities where the cases resided are 510 in New Taipei City, 370 in Taipei City, 51 in Keelung City, 36 in Taoyuan City, 18 in Changhua County, and Hsinchu County. 14 cases each in Taichung City, 7 cases in Yilan County, 6 cases in Kaohsiung City, 5 cases in Hualien County, 4 cases each in Pingtung County and Taitung County, 3 cases each in Miaoli County, Tainan City and Yunlin County, Nantou County and Chiayi There are 2 cases in each county and 1 case in Hsinchu City; the other 15 cases were imported from abroad.

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

The budget for the development of testing reagents and rapid screening reagents was estimated at 23.14 million two years ago. What about the results?

Release date: 2022-05-15

Summary

The Central Epidemic Command Center clarified today (15th) the question a legislator asked on the social network, “The government set a budget of 23.14 million two years ago to develop rapid screening reagents. What are the results?” The Institute of Health Research (referred to as the National Institute of Health) has jointly developed with the Institute of Preventive Medicine of the National Defense Medical College (referred to as the Pre-Medical Institute), and in the year 109, the technology was transferred to 5 domestic industrial teams for subsequent development and mass production. And the pre-medical clinic continues to provide counseling.

The command center pointed out that in 2010, the Ministry of Health and Welfare subsidized the National Institute of Health with 23.14 million yuan in the “Special Budget for the Prevention and Relief of Severe Special Infectious Pneumonia of the Central Government” for the research and development of antigen rapid screening reagents. The implementation period is from January 109 to 110, June. According to this, the National Health Institute and the Pre-medical Institute jointly developed an antibody capable of recognizing Covid-19, and transferred this antibody technology to the manufacturer for the production of antigen rapid screening reagents. On April 8, 2019, the National Health Institute and the Pre-Medical Institute held a non-exclusive authorized technology public briefing session. Many manufacturers expressed high interest on that day. Finally, the technology was transferred to 5 domestic industrial teams for follow-up development and mass production. For the work, the National Health Institute and the Pre-medical Institute continue to guide manufacturers in productized manufacturing. Among the 5 technology transfer manufacturers, 2 manufacturers have obtained approved manufacturing licenses in 2011 (Epidemic Prevention Project Approved Manufacturing No. 1106015005, Epidemic Prevention Project Approved Manufacturing No. 1106610168), and one of them has also conducted household antigen quick screening EUA Apply.

The command center reiterated that information and policies related to the epidemic will be announced by the command center in a unified manner. In addition, the public is reminded that the information related to epidemic prevention should be mainly released by the official information. If you have any questions about the information, you can check the official website of the government department (such as the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior, etc.) Pay more attention to and verify the unknown information on the way of arrival, and do not spread it. For details, please check the official website ( http://at.cdc.tw/Q7S2Vt ).

Specific Details Regarding The Deaths Reported Today

Release date: 2022-05-15

Summary

The command center pointed out that there were 19 new local deaths today, including 12 males and 7 females, aged in their 70s to over 90 years old, all of them had severe infections and had a history of chronic diseases, and 8 were unvaccinated. The date of diagnosis was from May 2 to May 12, today (2022), and the date of death was from May 7 to May 13. Please refer to the chart below for specific details.

Current Severity of Symptoms Statistics

Local Cases By Districts (Interactive Map)

台灣 Covid-19 本土病例地圖

[DrewC]

Still in the 60s. Epidemic slowing down a bit, or have we just surpassed our capacity to test for it?

Good to see daily deaths are down.

[TaipAmy]

We exploded past testing capacity weeks ago.

[the_bear]

We’ve peaked. Stick a fork in our asses and turn us over. We’re done.

[Belgian_Pie]

@Shaun008

It is supposed to be organic, mostly acetic acid and stinks like vinegar

It is vinegar. Vinegar is diluted acetic acid.

[yinggeaussie]

@MalcolmReynolds

The command center pointed out that there were 19 new local deaths today, including 12 males and 7 females, aged in their 70s to over 90 years old, all of them had severe infections and had a history of chronic diseases, and 8 were unvaccinated.

So, all 19 had some form of Chronic Disease, and 8 had not been Vaccinated.

[QuaSaShao]

@yinggeaussie

So, all 19 had some form of Chronic Disease, and 8 had not been Vaccinated.

If your last vaccination was more than six months ago it’s as if you were never vaccinated so it’s important to make that distinction.

[yinggeaussie]

Yes, unfortunately the chart doesn’t show when the last shot was.

[MalcolmReynolds]

[papertowel]

*gets favorite fork ready*

[lostinasia]

@QuaSaShao

If your last vaccination was more than six months ago it’s as if you were never vaccinated so it’s important to make that distinction.

I haven’t seen anything saying this is the case - there still seems to quite a bit of protection against serious illness and death over longer timespans.

Researchers have been digging into that question, and in general, what they’ve found is that for people who are considered up to date on their Covid-19 vaccines – that means getting a booster when it’s recommended – protection against illness drops off over three or four months after your last dose, but protection against hospitalization and death remains high.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/22/health/immunity-against-covid-19/index.html

Another source:

The most recent research from the CDC suggests that protection from the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines starts to fade around 4 months after a booster dose. Protection against COVID-19 hospital stays drops from 91% soon after receiving a booster dose to 78% at the 4-month mark.

https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/covid-19/how-long-does-covid-19-immunity-last

Study from March of this year, but mostly conducted last year:

All three Covid-19 vaccines had durable effectiveness in reducing the risks of hospitalization and death. Waning protection against infection over time was due to both declining immunity and the emergence of the delta variant.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2117128

November article about effectiveness dropping, yes, but not to zero - and I thought these sorts of studies were why we had boosters:

COVID-19 Vaccines

[Chris59]

Test capacity is not surpassed.90k today, last wednesday was over 120k.

[TaipAmy]

And over 120K are getting it daily. You believe the numbers?