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The confirmed cases have been to Beishi to strengthen disinfection
Taiwan on 2 May 2021 added 4 local cases of Wuhan pneumonia (covid). Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe said that the number of people in quarantine at home in Taipei has reached 252, setting a new high. It will announce on 3 May 2021 whether to raise the level of epidemic prevention and urge citizens to wear masks.
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What are Taiwan's epidemic prevention and control measures?
According to a report by the Central News Agency, Ke Wenzhe once stated that Beishi's epidemic prevention is divided into three stages. As long as there is one local case of unknown source of infection, activities with more than 100 people, meals for the elderly, business district activities, parent-child and medical institutions will be closed or controlled.
If there are more than 15 new local diagnoses every week, public venues will be closed, and off-site or home offices will be activated. If a larger-scale local epidemic breaks out, classes and office work will be suspended.
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Four confirmed cases of covid involve disinfection workers
Central Epidemic Command Center announced yesterday that there were four new cases of covid. Among them, the confirmed cases had boarded the bus and the MRT in Taipei. Ke Wenzhe posted on Facebook in the evening, The buses, venues, homes and other places with the footprints of the confirmed cases have been disinfected, and if necessary, disinfection will be stepped up tonight.
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252 people under home quarantine
Ke Wenzhe pointed out that there are currently 252 people under home quarantine in Beishi, a record high. He calls on people who need home quarantine, home quarantine or independent health management to cooperate with the government's epidemic prevention measures. He emphasized that the current situation of the epidemic is unknown and citizens should wear masks. The Taipei Municipal Government will announce on 3 May morning whether to raise the level of epidemic prevention and specific steps.
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All anti-epidemic hotels will be spot-checked from 3 May 2021
Huang Shanshan, Deputy Mayor of Taipei City, added that starting today, the 104 anti-epidemic hotels in Beishi will be spot-checked whether they are actually doing a good job of separation of traffic lines, so as to avoid recurrence of incidents similar to the China Airlines Novotel Taoyuan Airport Hotel case and prevent another outbreak.
Taipei City Government spokesperson Chen Zhihan said that Ke Wenzhe will discuss and approve the details of epidemic prevention measures with the heads of the bureaus this morning at the meeting, and then hold a press conference to report to the public.
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Public transport disinfection twice a day begins on 2 May 2021
The Central Epidemic Command Centre announced yesterday that there were four new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia. Among them, cases 1134, 1135 and 1136 were the family members of the confirmed case 1129 of Novotel Hotel’s 60-year-old female housekeeping department, among which cases 1134 and Case 1136 had taken the bus and MRT to Taipei area. The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau stated that the path of the confirmed case had been disinfected, but it urged the public to still take preventive measures.
Yu Canhua, director of the Disease Control Section of the Health Bureau, said that Beishi buses and MRT will be disinfected once every 8 hours, a total of 2 times a day, and strengthen disinfection of the parts and stations that the public will come into contact with; some routes have been suspended yesterday and other routes are undergoing disinfection as soon as possible, and the route and location learned yesterday were also disinfected immediately.
According to a report by the United Daily News, all major public places in Taipei, public transportation including buses and MRT cars and stations are regularly disinfected, for cases 1134 and 1136 where they went and the buses, MRT cars and stations they took. They will step up disinfection tonight. In addition, the public are called on to take precautionary measures and not to relax due to the slowdown of the epidemic.
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Ke Wenzhe to announce today whether to upgrade the epidemic prevention
Today, Taipei City is expected to hold a press conference at 10.30 am to announce whether the epidemic prevention has been upgraded.
Ref: news.tvbs.com.tw/life/1502634?from=Copy_content
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CCP China donates 500,000 SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to Myanmar Junta
Source : The Irrawaddy
The Chinese government has handed over 500,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the junta, even as millions of civilians and health workers are boycotting the military regime’s vaccine program.
The vaccines were donated by China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, and arrived in Yangon on Sunday. They will be distributed to hospitals across the country, according to the office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.
While many countries have cut ties with the regime’s leaders following their coup and the brutal killings of peaceful protesters, the Chinese Embassy in Yangon said that the donated vaccines demonstrated the “Paukphaw” [fraternal] friendship between China and Myanmar.
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi promised to provide 300,000 doses of China’s COVID-19 vaccine during a meeting with Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in January.
During that visit, Myanmar and China signed agreements on the economy, trade and technical cooperation and pushed to speed up the implementation of bilateral projects, including transport infrastructure projects under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), which is part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
But thousands of social media users in Myanmar are skeptical of China’s vaccine donation saying, “No thanks, we don’t need your vaccines,” on posts on the Chinese embassy’s Facebook page.
Anti-Chinese sentiment has risen dramatically in Myanmar after China repeatedly blocked attempts by the United Nations Security Council to take action against the coup leaders.
One social media user wrote, “Let me die with COVID-19, I won’t inject any vaccines from China.”
“While millions of people are refusing to take COVID-19 jabs, China sent vaccines to the regime. It is very clear who they are supporting,” another social media user wrote.
“Chinese vaccines will only be for military officers and their cronies. Not for us. Even if they give it to us, we won’t take it as long as we are being ruled by the regime,” a social media user wrote.
Myanmar’s COVID-19 vaccine program has struggled under the military regime, with millions of civilians refusing the jab and thousands of health workers choosing to go on strike rather than work for the regime.
The National League for Democracy government started a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program on January 27, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by India.
Following the military takeover on Feb.1, almost all health workers have refused to receive the second jab of the vaccine as a protest against military rule.
The military-controlled MRTV has claimed that more than 1.5 million people in Myanmar received their first dose of the vaccine between January and April 23, while another 312,953 people received their second dose.
Military-controlled newspapers frequently publish photos of monks, military officers and government officials receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
At first, the military regime offered the jab to people over the age of 64. But since late March, it has begun to offer the vaccine to anyone aged 18 and older after few people showed up at the vaccination center in Yangon, according to medical volunteers.
COVID-19 testing has been crippled since the coup with so many healthcare staff on strike. Under the civilian government, around 16,000 to 18,000 swab tests a day were carried out in January. But since the regime’s coup in February, only around 1,500 to 2,000 tests per day are being administered.
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Myanmar military arrests HIV/AIDS patients in Yangon
Source : The Irrawaddy
Junta security forces arrested HIV/AIDS patients at a HIV care center in Yangon on Sunday.
Three people on ART – HIV medication – and nine others were arrested at the center, which was founded and is run by elected lawmaker and National League for Democracy (NLD) member Daw Phyu Phyu Thin.
“Those who are on medication are not in good health and if anything happens to them, the megalomaniac (junta) will be held responsible. I want to say that the clock is ticking for them. Prepare to be re-payed for what you have done and are doing to every person with grudges,” wrote Daw Phyu Phyu Thin on her Facebook page.
The NLD AIDS Center (NAC) was opened in 2013 in Yangon’s East Dagon Township to provide care for needy HIV/AIDS patients.
Two of the three patients on medication are university students and the third is an elderly person, according to a NAC staffer.
“I heard that [family members] are not allowed to visit them. They have to take their medication at 8pm every evening,” he said.
Some of the nine other people detained are striking government employees from the Yangon Workers’ Hospital who were hiding at the health care center for political prisoners, which is affiliated with the NAC.
Daw Phyu Phyu Thin served as a Lower House lawmaker for Yangon’s Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township from 2012 until she and her fellow lawmakers were removed from office after the junta’s Feb. 1 coup. She is also a member of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a body representing NLD lawmakers elected in the 2020 general election.
The junta has opened a number of cases including high treason against the long-time HIV/AIDS activist. Junta security forces previously raided Daw Phyu Phyu Thin’s office in Mingalar Taung Nyunt in March.
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Covi super-immune woman has "overly many antibodies" in her body than ordinary people
Editor : Cai Minggen / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
The global COVID-19 pandemic continues to heat up, and countries continue to work hard to research related drug development, hoping to end the epidemic that ravages all countries as soon as possible.
A recent foreign research report showed that in a small town of Italy that was devastated by the virus, there is a "super-immune person", with twice the number of antibodies in her body, and the duration of existence lasts for 9 to 10 months. She has surprised medical experts, who are currently conducting further research, hoping to find a new way to fight the virus.
According to "NBC News", the 68-year-old Paola Bezzon lives in a small town near Venice. This area is one of the first places outside mainland China where the covid epidemic first occurred in Europe.
In the last 12 years, Bezzon thought she had the flu. She did not expect that after a few months of PCR testing, she found that she had more antibodies to the novel coronavirus than ordinary people. Even researchers called her a "super-immune person." Bezzon is called a super-immune woman by researchers. (Photo/Retrieved from "NBC News")
A research report conducted by the University of Padua, Italy and the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, United Kingdom pointed out that after some people have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, their antibodies will rise to two times more, and one of the reasons for the increase in antibody levels may be "re-exposure" to the virus.
Lavezzo, a professor of microbiology at the University of Padua, has so far conducted three large-scale tests on the local people after obtaining the consent of the townspeople.
Researchers pointed out that the immune mechanism of super-immune people is as if they have been vaccinated.
Ravezzo found that some residents still have antibodies to the novel coronavirus in their bodies 9 to 10 months after the initial infection. This is a new record for the duration of antibodies during the outbreak. For the "super-immune people" their immune mechanism is like a vaccine. The next time she is exposed to the virus, it will respond faster and stronger. Super-immune people are also appearing in other countries. They have learnt how to trigger this immune mechanism. It may be crucial to defeating the pandemic.
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