(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Taiwan has confirmed more than 60,000 new local deaths for two consecutive days, reaching a new high
China News Agency, Taipei, May 13, The “epidemic epidemic command center” of the radio authority announced on the 13th that there were 65,011 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, including 64,972 local cases and 39 imported cases; another 41 new deaths were added. the highest since 2020.
According to Taiwan media reports such as the Central News Agency and the United News Network, the center said that the death cases on that day were 18 men and 23 women, aged in their 50s to over 90 years old, all of them were severe cases, of which 40 had a history of chronic diseases.
Since the 12th, during the period of home isolation, self-epidemic prevention, and home quarantine, people who use home antigen rapid screening reagents to test positive results can ask doctors to assist in confirming the rapid screening results online. According to China Times News on the 13th, many people complained about the difficulty of registering for video diagnosis and treatment and the poor operation of related systems. The “command center” announced on the same day that on the 14th, non-home quarantined relatives and friends would be authorized to carry the health insurance card of the quick test positive person and the quick test result, and go to the clinic and other medical institutions to ask a doctor to evaluate the diagnosis.
The epidemic situation on the island is severe. The number of newly confirmed cases in a single day has exceeded 60,000 for two consecutive days. When the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine will be opened has attracted much attention. According to the Central News Agency, the “command center” said on the 13th that the fourth dose of the vaccine will be opened on the 16th as soon as possible, mainly for people over 65 years old and people over 60 years old with low immune function, and the interval between the previous dose must be more than 5 months.
As of the 13th, a total of 635,870 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in Taiwan, of which 623,724 have been diagnosed locally; a total of 1,009 deaths have been reported, including 994 local deaths. (Finish)