PREPAREDNESS: A CECC adviser said that information about the drug has been positive, so most specialists support its import, which will help if the virus surges
Taipei Times
Date: May 31, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, third left, and other officials in Tainan yesterday hold movie poster-styled prints by painter Yen Chen-fa, third right, with the text “The great disease prevention war.”
Photo: CNA
At the CECC’s daily news conference in Taipei, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that no new cases have been confirmed, while 421 people have been released from isolation after contracting the novel coronavirus.
“Taiwan remains the same — with no new domestic cases reported in 48 consecutive days,” Chen said. “However, the COVID-19 situation globally is still serious and almost 6 million cases have been confirmed, so we have to be extra careful about border controls.”
After a specialist meeting on Friday, the FDA approved remdesivir to treat people with severe COVID-19, Chen said. [FULL STORY]
