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Taiwan reports 7 COVID-19 cases, removes 3 nations from high-risk list

ROC Central News Agency

11/03/2021 04:22 PM

Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) Taiwan reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, all imported, with no new deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

The seven imported cases involved three men and four women aged between 10-70 years old who traveled from the United States, Russia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, the CECC said.

They arrived in Taiwan between Oct. 16 and Nov. 1, it added.

To date, Taiwan has confirmed a total of 16,428 COVID-19 cases, including 14,425 domestic infections reported since May 15, when the country first recorded more than 100 cases in a single day, CECC data showed.

The most recent domestic cases recorded in Taiwan were reported on Oct. 25, when one resident in Taipei, and another one in New Taipei were confirmed to have contracted the disease.

Since Aug. 15, the daily number of domestic cases has fallen to mostly single digits, totaling 122 since then.

The country's total number of imported cases has risen by 485 during the same period to 1,785, according to CECC data.

With no new deaths reported Wednesday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 fatalities in the country remains at 847, with all but 12 recorded since May 15, CECC data showed.

The most recent death linked to COVID-19 in Taiwan was reported on Oct. 25.

Meanwhile, the CECC said it would remove the remaining three countries -- the U.K., India and Myanmar -- from its list of "key high-risk countries" on Saturday.

This means that starting Saturday, all arrivals who traveled to or transited in those countries over the past 14 days will have to carry out the mandatory 14-day quarantine at their own cost, but can choose to stay in either a quarantine hotel or a government-designated facility.

At the same time, they are still required to undergo three COVID-19 tests, including two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, one on arrival and the other before the end of their quarantine period, as well as one rapid test during their self-monitoring period, the CECC said.

Currently, travelers coming from these three countries are required to quarantine at a government-designated facility, but their accommodation is free.

The CECC did not provide a reason for the decision, saying only it had gained experience in dealing with the highly contagious Delta variant.

Since the measure targeting travelers from key high-risk countries was introduced at the end of June, about 6,360 individuals had been quarantined at a government-designated facility as of Oct. 31, 28 of whom were later found to be infected with the Delta variant.

(By Teng Pei-ju)

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