According to Taiwan's media reports, the local BA.5 epidemic in Taiwan is still in the plateau period. Wang Bisheng, the "Second Minister of Health and Welfare" and commander of the "Command Center" of the epidemic epidemic, attended the press conference of the "Ministry of Health and Welfare" Medical Department of the Ministry of Health and Welfare" today, and revealed that the number of new cases today was 52,000. Compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the three-day holidays in the "Double Ten" ended, and the number of cases was not particularly high. The new "0+7" in the "Border" will be opened as scheduled.
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Wang Bisheng said that the current epidemic situation is in the plateau period, which is consistent with the development predicted by the "Command Center" since August, and the number of new cases is between high and low. The epidemic on the island will not affect the opening of "0+7" because "0+7" is mainly overseas, and no particularly threatening variants have been seen at present. Moreover, the number of confirmed cases of entry per day is quite low compared to the number of confirmed cases on the island. The "0+7" will be implemented as usual tomorrow.
The number of cases increased by 20% compared to the previous Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. This time, the "Double Ten" holiday, which just passed three days, Wang Bisheng said that according to today's statistics, the number of confirmed cases is about 52,000, which is not higher than last week. After three days of continuous holidays, it is not particularly high. "I think the epidemic is still in the plateau period, but the increase seems to have declined for three consecutive days compared to the same day last week, and there is no upward trend. I hope he can decline."
The first two deaths of Moderna's next-generation vaccine were reported yesterday. Wang Bisheng said that the "Command Center" has fully grasped the relevant situation and will also actively assist the case providers to propose relief to the VICP (Vaccine Prevention and Vaccination Review Group), and experts will conduct correlation identification. As for whether there are also adverse events for the next generation of Moderna to be administered overseas, he said that various vaccines will have adverse events, but it is just a proportion, and we will continue to pay attention.
