Virus Outbreak: Community spread may be avoidableCRITICAL PERIOD: The 14 days after the holiday would determine whether cluster infections have occurred due to crowds gathering during the break, academics saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterCommunity spread of COVID-19 is less likely if domestic cases remain under 12 percent of all confirmed cases, National Taiwan University’s College of Public Health said yesterday. Observing whether cluster infections have occurred during the four-day holiday last week is crucial in the next 14 days, it said. If the situation remains the same, with the number of weekly reported domestic cases kept at less than 20, community spread would be unlikely, it said. “If domestic cases remain under 12 percent of all cases, we do not think a second wave of large-scale local outbreak will occur,” Chen said. In Taiwan, real-time information and resources on COVID-19 are sourced from the nation’s Centers for Disease Control, Facebook said.

Source: Taipei Times April 06, 2020 15:56 UTC