COVID-19: CECC reports 13 local cases, one deathSAME HOUSEHOLD: Ten of the new cases are from a family cluster in New Taipei City, while four of 10 imported cases had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 13 locally transmitted infections, 10 imported COVID-19 cases and one death. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), attends the daily CECC news conference in Taipei yesterday. Twenty-one close contacts of the pilot have tested negative, while two are awaiting test results and five are to be tested, Chen said. Meanwhile, a shipment of 30,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the Czech Republic arrived in Taiwan yesterday afternoon. In related news, more than 1.97 million people had added the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to their preferred vaccine brands three hours after registration opened on the national online COVID-19 vaccination system at 2pm on Saturday.

Source: Taipei Times August 29, 2021 15:56 UTC