Level 3 alert extended until June 14HELP ON THE WAY: The CECC expects 2 million doses of vaccines to arrive by the end of June and 10 million doses, including local ones, to be available by AugustBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe nationwide level 3 COVID-19 alert is to be extended until June 14, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced yesterday, as it reported 281 locally transmitted cases, 261 backlogged cases and six deaths. The COVID-19 alert was raised to level 3 for the whole nation on Wednesday last week, four days after it was issued in Taipei and New Taipei City, where the vast majority of confirmed cases were reported. Soldiers in protective suits disinfect an MRT station in Taipei yesterday following a surge of COVID-19 infections. “Although the [level 3 warning] period has been extended, everyone should endure it for the sake of disease prevention,” he said. Of the 261 backlogged cases, 155 live in Taipei, 89 in New Taipei City, five each in Yilan County and Taoyuan, three each in Keelung and Changhua County, and one in Taichung.

Source: Taipei Times May 25, 2021 15:56 UTC