COVID-19: Data support easing of pandemic alert: expertBy Wu Po-hsuan / Staff reporterScientific data suggest that a gradual lifting of a nationwide level 3 COVID-19 alert can be considered, National Taiwan University College of Public Health professor Tony Chen (陳秀熙) said yesterday. The nation has been under the level 3 alert since May 19. The college in late May introduced an index for evaluating whether the level 3 alert should be eased, he said. The government can consider lowering the alert level when the index falls below 0.5, he said, adding that the index is now at 0.32. If the government continues to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates while promoting high-precision virus tests, the alert level can be downgraded, he said.

Source: Taipei Times July 07, 2021 15:56 UTC