According to the news released by the Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Command Center on Wednesday (December 30), Taiwan confirmed the first case of variant CCP virus (Wuhan pneumonia or New Coronavirus), the patient is a teenager in his teens who returned to Taiwan from the UK recently.
Central Epidemic Command Center Commander Chen Shih-chung said that after genetic comparison, the CDC officially confirmed that the feverish returning teenager was infected with a variant of the New Coronavirus that appeared in the UK, so Taiwan has its first case of variant New Coronavirus infection.
The Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Command Center announced today that stricter border control measures will be implemented starting January 1 next year, which will restrict the entry of foreign nationals. From 00:00 hours on January 1 next year, no foreigners who are not nationals of the country, who do not hold a residence permit in Taiwan or who are not within the scope of official diplomatic duties and business performance, etc. will be allowed to enter Taiwan.
Chen Shih-chung, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that diplomats and their spouses or their minor children, “under a certain amount of control, we can let him in, but the rest are all barred from entry.”
The quarantine specifications for nationals returning to Taiwan will also begin to be fully upgraded from January 15. In addition to the original requirement of 3 days test report before boarding, from January 15, after the return of nationals to Taiwan, will be required to stay in a quarantine hotel or centralized quarantine, if the home quarantine, the household can not have non-home quarantine people living together.
Chen also said that the measures will be implemented one month after the situation before deciding how such measures need to be “revised, or not”.
Taiwan expert group convener Zhang Shangchun said that the variant of the virus has increased its transmission power by 70%. The current treatment for the teenager is the same as for other cases. It is reported that the teenager who was infected with the new crown variant virus is now in a stable condition.
It is reported that the British health Minister Matthew Hancock (Matthew Hancock) announced for the first time on December 14 afternoon that there is a variant of the country’s CCP virus (New Coronavirus), which has been identified as VUI.
In a national address on Dec. 19, Prime Minister Johnson announced that in order to curb the spread of the virus, the control level in southeast England, the east and London would be raised from the then Level 3 to Level 4 for two weeks from Dec. 20 local time, similar to the widespread “no-footing” measures that began in England in November.
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock used the words “quite serious” and “out of control” when describing the newly discovered new strain of the Chinese communist virus on the 20th. The new strain of the Chinese Communist virus has been found in the United Kingdom. The emergence of the mutated Chinese Communist virus in the United Kingdom was followed by reports of the virus in Australia, Denmark, Italy, Iceland and the Netherlands.
More than 40 countries have now blocked flights to the UK.
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