Next two weeks critical, experts saySURPRISE: The 10% positivity rate at screening centers in Wanhua District was the same as during the peak of New York’s outbreak, a hospital deputy superintendent saidBy Yang Yuan-ting, Wu Liang-yi and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe next two weeks are critical for containing the COVID-19 outbreak, which hinges on the cooperation of confirmed cases and the public, infectious-disease experts said on Saturday. While serious, Taiwan would make it through if the outbreak is contained over the next two weeks, said Chen Yee-chun (陳宜君), director of National Taiwan University Hospital’s (NTUH) Division of Infectious Diseases. Soldiers disinfect Taipei’s Wanhua District yesterday. Residents wait to be screened for COVID-19 yesterday at the Bopiliao Historical Block in Taipei’s Wanhua District, where there has been a significant community outbreak. Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital deputy superintendent Chiu Cheng-hsun (邱政洵) said that he was “extremely surprised” at the 10 percent positivity rate at screening centers in Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華).

Source: Taipei Times May 16, 2021 15:56 UTC