A recent rise in Taiwan’s domestic COVID-19 cases will not affect plans to gradually reopen as hardly any of the new infections have caused serious illness, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday.
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — A recent rise in Taiwan’s domestic coronavirus disease 2019 cases will not affect plans to gradually reopen as hardly any of the new infections have caused serious illness, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday.
In the first quarter of this year Taiwan reported 1,266 domestic cases, and only one death, though the government has been on alert as infections spiked over the past week or so, while remaining at comparatively low numbers, with 183 new cases on Sunday. “Although the number of confirmed cases will increase, more than 99.7% of them are mild or asymptomatic, so don’t worry, we can open up step by step steadily and live a normal life,” he added.
Taiwan has maintained mandatory mask wearing, including while people are outside, and almost 80% of the population have had two vaccine shots while more than 50% have had three.
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