The center on Saturday announced that it was expanding the rapid test diagnosis policy to people living in indigenous townships and outlying islands, starting today. Some PCR testing capacity would remain at the stations, as people who tested positive with a rapid test but do not agree with the result and people who have COVID-19 symptoms but tested negative using a rapid test can still undergo a PCR test for clarification, he said. Chen said 198 new moderate cases and 58 new severe cases were confirmed, while 15 moderate cases developed into severe cases. Separately, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday tested positive using a rapid test. He later had a PCR test at a hospital and it came back positive with a cycle threshold value of 16.
