A spokesperson for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen came out Thursday (May 20) to confirm that Tsai had been tested for the New Coronavirus and the results were negative.
The test comes just after it was discovered that a volunteer at Tsai’s presidential residence was confirmed to have been infected with the New Coronavirus.
The president’s spokesman Zhang Chunhan said Thursday that after the news of the retired working dog’s infection was confirmed, the president’s medical team immediately launched a contingency operation and conducted nucleic acid tests for the president and related personnel at the first time, and the results were all negative.
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The president’s residence has been fully disinfected and volunteer support operations have been suspended. The medical team is closely testing the president’s physical condition to ensure the health and safety of the president and his surrounding staff.
According to official data on the outbreak in Taiwan released Thursday, there were 295 new cases of infection, including 286 local cases and nine imported cases from outside the country. There was also one fatal case. Taiwan now has a cumulative total of 2,825 domestic cases and 15 cumulative deaths.
Chen Shih-chung, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said the new data show that the spread of the outbreak in Taipei and New Taipei City appears to have slowed down. He urged the public to pay attention to personal protective measures such as hand hygiene, cough etiquette and wearing masks, reduce unnecessary trips, activities or gatherings, avoid crowded places and keep a tight line of defense in their communities.
Separately, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan is in recess for a week starting Saturday, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.
On Wednesday, Taiwan received more than 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s new coronavirus vaccine ordered from overseas, adding to the 300,000 doses already available, Taiwan now has more than 700,000 doses of the vaccine. This amount is still a drop in the bucket compared to Taiwan’s population. The percentage of Taiwan’s population that is currently vaccinated is less than 1% of the total population of 24 million.
In total, Taiwan has ordered more than 20 million doses of vaccines, including Modena and AstraZeneca vaccines. Taiwan has also developed its own vaccine, which is expected to be released to the market in July.
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