• Location:Taiwan
• Date: 2021/05/13
• Update Date:2021/05/13
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On May 12, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported that multiple infections linked to workplace and family clusters and local cases of unknown sources of infection had been reported in Singapore recently. The CECC also pointed out that there had been a cumulative total of over 450 local confirmed cases in Vietnam since April 29. Therefore, the CECC will move Singapore and Vietnam to its list of medium-risk countries from low-risk countries, effective immediately. The latest list of the risk categories for countries/regions is as follows:

1. Low-risk countries/regions: New Zealand, Macao, Palau, Brunei, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, Australia.

2. Medium-risk countries/regions: Hong Kong, Fiji, Bhutan, Singapore, Vietnam.

The CECC announced 21 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan. As of writing, a cumulative total of 218,261 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 215,643. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 1231 cases. Of the 1231 confirmed cases, 1056 are imported; 122 are indigenous; 36 are naval crew members aboard the Panshi fast combat support ship; 2 are infections on an aircraft; 1 case has unknown sources of infection; 14 cases' sources of infection are being investigated; and 1 case (Case #530) has been removed (Case #530 is not assigned to any patients). Of the confirmed cases, there have been 12 deaths, and 1097 patients have been released from isolation, with the other 122 patients remaining hospitalized in isolation.