Taiwan added 16 new local confirmed cases on the 12th, setting a single-day high since the epidemic.
At present, the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center has not improved its epidemic prevention level, but has only announced that it will expand procurement inspections and requires all business places to implement epidemic prevention management measures.
Epidemic Command Center announced on the 12th that among the 16 new local confirmed cases, 3 infection sources are to be clarified; 3 are related contacts of cluster infection cases in Yilan amusement park; 10 are contacts of New Taipei Lions Club cases confirmed on the 11th. Taiwanese media reported that the case of the New Taipei Lions Club confirmed on the 11th was a man in his 60s. He attended a party in a guild in New Taipei City on the evening of the 6th and went on stage to sing. In the exposed photos of the event, we can see that many people sang together that day, and no one was wearing masks. This also makes the outside world worry that more people may be infected. Medical experts on the island believe that it is necessary to prevent infections in hospitals and communities, and it is recommended to expand general screening.
Faced with the sudden surge in the epidemic, the outside world originally estimated that the epidemic prevention level would be raised to level three alert, but Chen Shizhong said on the 12th that although it is "severe", he is already trying his best to block it and the second alert is still maintained. What we need to do in the near future is to implement epidemic prevention management measures in business places across Taiwan: maintaining social distance in public places, wearing masks throughout the process, establishing a real-name contact system, implementing temperature measurement, environmental disinfection, and abortion control measures.
Since the new cases are concentrated in northern Taiwan, New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi html said on the 212th that, as the region with the most concentrated population, New Taipei will adopt stricter and more strengthened epidemic prevention measures than the second-level warning, and has made preparations for the third-level warning. If the epidemic expands, "the city will be locked down."
New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi: Strengthen the second-level alert and strengthen the combat methods of clearing the walls and clearing the fields, including the Internet cafe and electronic game industries, all of which will be suspended.
Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe : (This wave of epidemic) is the worst in more than a year, so now it has entered the quasi-third phase of epidemic prevention work.
Taipei Municipal Government also announced the immediate launch of the "quasi-phase third" epidemic prevention measures, and planned to conduct a large number of quick screenings for medical staff, and cancel all activities hosted by the Municipal Government before June 8.
The stock market is falling in panic. Consumers are rushing to buy epidemic prevention materials.
Taiwan local New coronavirus The sudden heat up of the epidemic has triggered a certain degree of social panic. Consumers flocked to supermarkets, mass merchandise stores, etc. to rush to buy epidemic prevention materials. Taipei stock market also experienced a panic decline.
, a chain store in New Taipei City, surrounded the entire store on the evening of the 12th. Canned food and instant noodles are the most popular, and some shelves are empty. The chain store said that the number of online shopping orders has increased twice as much as usual.
People: I want to say that I have a little sense of crisis, so I will prepare a little food first.
Online Shopping Platform Marketing Director Zhong Ziwei: At the same time, we have also established an epidemic prevention zone, whether it is masks, cleaning and disinfection products, or even some ready-to-eat dishes.
In addition, masks and alcohol and other epidemic prevention materials have also been queued for a long time, and many pharmacies have been sold out.
People: The epidemic is already very tense, so we need to strengthen it a little.
Pharmacist Huang Yanru: From the 11th to the 12th, a pharmacy may sell more than 1,000 boxes of medical masks. Like a large barrel of alcohol, when it comes to supply, the speed of delivery is not as fast as the speed of customers buying.
However, the people think the price increase of some epidemic prevention products is very unreasonable and think that it should be affordable.
People: It is better to have affordable prices, because everyone is using it, it is better to have affordable prices.
People: Because it was not like this before when it was serious, and now it is not as serious as before. I think you should not make such money.
In addition, the heating of the epidemic in Taiwan has also triggered a panic decline in the Taiwan stock market.On the 12th, the Taipei stock market fell sharply for the second consecutive day, and once collapsed by 1,417.86 points, setting a record for the largest intraday decline in Taiwan stocks history. The index closed down 680.76 points in the final game, the second largest decline in closing in history, closing at 15,902.37 points, a drop of 4.11%.
What is the current epidemic situation in Taiwan? What are the reactions of the people on the island?
CCTV reporter Chen Xuanshi: The rush to buy in the past two days is entirely due to the impact of (public) confidence. After the sudden announcement of 16 local confirmed cases, the authorities immediately increased the epidemic prevention level, from the original level one to the second level. And if you say that, it is not ruled out that you will soon be promoted to level 3. This has impacted the public's confidence and caused a certain degree of panic buying. But what they are mainly buying is medicines and instant noodles. So far, this snap-up phenomenon has basically slowed down and is not too serious.
The sharp plunge in Taiwan stocks is obviously also affected by (public) confidence. The Taiwan stock market still fell yesterday, but it did not fall that much, only fell more than 200 points, and the panic was not that strong.
More than ten local confirmed cases were reported for two consecutive days, and the epidemic continued to expand
Following 16 local confirmed cases (cases) on the 12th, it was announced that 13 local confirmed cases (cases) have been continuously discovered. Together, nearly 30 local confirmed cases (cases) have indeed caused considerable panic on the island.
So far, the authorities have announced that there are only 135 real local confirmed cases, which can be said to be quite small. Therefore, this is the reason why more than 10 local cases were found in two days, causing such a big panic. Because in the past year, since the outbreak of the epidemic around the world, there have been no suspension of classes or orders in Taiwan. Basically, life has not been hit by any serious impact. It is maintained in a very normal state, and it is just a mask that requires wearing every day.
What are the current epidemic prevention measures of the Taiwan authorities?
From the current trend, everyone is actually quite pessimistic, because once local cases break out in the community, it may be difficult to control them in a short period of time. So basically all parties believe that it should be a matter of time sooner or later to increase the level of defense to the third level. But if you reach the third level of defense, it will have a great impact on people's lives.
The epidemic prevention level is further improved. It is imminent.
At least, there must be no gatherings of more than 5 people indoors, and there must be no gatherings of more than 10 people outdoors. There are still many business places that must be closed, and only some necessary public services must be maintained as usual, except for the rest. This will have a very big impact on people's lives. Some places have been deployed in advance and have entered a quasi-level three state.
general screening rate vaccine vaccination rate is both low outside the outside world is worried that the epidemic will be out of control
Now the medical community also generally believes that Taiwan has two very worrying points. The first is that it has more than 23 million people on the island, and the current vaccination rate is less than 1%, which is very low. The second is general screening, which has no general screening rate for this virus. Because the authorities have always believed that if blindly screening is not very beneficial to defense. Therefore, in the past, the testing of the new coronavirus was very targeted. Where confirmed cases occurred, the relevant close contacts were immediately listed to prevent blockage. It has always seemed effective, so there was no universal screening. If it broke out in the community in a comprehensive manner, it would probably be a catastrophic blow to Taiwan's medical system.
Source CCTV News Client
Edited by: Gao Chenchen
Process Edited by Tai Shaofeng
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