Taiwan Epidemic Command Center announced today (18th) that 6 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia were added on the island, all imported from abroad; in addition, no new deaths were reported among the confirmed cases.
Command Center stated that 6 new imported cases today were 4 males and 2 females, aged between 20s and 50s, entering the country from Indonesian (case 16234, case 16235, case 16236), Bangladesh (case 16237) and Philippine (case 16238, case 16239). The entry date was between September 4 and September 16, and they all held negative test reports within 3 days before boarding.
According to statistics, since 2020, Taiwan has reported a total of 839 deaths from COVID-19, of which 829 are local. The number of cases in the counties and cities is , New Taipei City 411 and Taipei City 318 are the most.
According to Taiwanese media reports, the Taipei Municipal Government Health Bureau announced the footprint of 16226 on the 18th. The case was a woman in her 70s living in Datong District, and was diagnosed on September 16 after surgery in the hospital. According to the epidemic investigation by the Health Bureau, on September 12, September 15 and September 16, he took buses to and from Wanhua area many times, including Taipei Post Office, MRT West Gate Station and other crowded places.
The latest batch of Moderna vaccine arrived in Taiwan late at night on the 17th, and the Taipei Municipal Government will open appointments starting today. According to statistics, reservations are open at 9 a.m., and 11,955 people complete the reservation in just 10 minutes, and the 12 vaccination sites in the city are full. (Edited by Xue Yang)
