Taichung City adds 150 new local confirmed cases

Taichung City added 150 new local confirmed cases today. Mayor Lu Xiuyan said that the number of new cases in the city has exceeded 100 in recent days. . Lu Xiuyan hosted the Taichung City Epidemic Command Center’s press conference in the afternoon. During the meeting, it was announced that there were 150 confirmed cases, classified according to the source of infection, 63 close contacts, and 87 under investigation.

台中市新增本土確診150例 明起暫停探病。(中央社)

150 new local confirmed cases in Taichung City will suspend medical visits from tomorrow. (Central News Agency)

Lu Xiuyan said that considering that Taichung is the second largest city in Taiwan, the number of newly diagnosed cases has exceeded 100 recently. In order to strengthen epidemic prevention, visits to hospitals and residential long-term care institutions in Taichung City will be suspended from tomorrow. .

Regarding home care statistics, Lu Xiuyan said that as of noon, 429 people had been evaluated, of which 268 had been accepted for home care. Of the 92 people evaluated, 69 did not meet the conditions for acceptance. As for the utilization of negative pressure isolation wards, there are a total of 296 beds, of which 96 beds (32.43%) have been used and 200 beds (67.57%) can be used.

In terms of clustering cases, Taichung City Health Director Zeng Zizhan said that there were 6 new cases in Houli Kindergarten (3 students, 1 teacher, and 2 friends of the teacher), a total of 10 cases; Wuqitong General Hospital added 6 new cases. 1 case, a total of 3 medical staff were diagnosed; 2 new cases were added to the cluster cases in China’s affiliated doctors, a total of 9 medical staff were diagnosed.

Although the central government has adjusted the priority of epidemic prevention work in counties and cities, there is no need to investigate the relevant footprint trends, and directly list those who live with them, those who share meals, etc., but Lu Xiuyan pointed out that the city government still conducts footprint surveys, and has also noticed the public’s Voice, from today onwards Taichung will continue to announce “Hot Footprints”.

Huang Gaobin, deputy director of the Infection Control Center of the Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University, said at the meeting that with the efforts of relevant units, the number of cases in Taichung was low in the past, and the number of infections in Shuangbei was 10 times that of Taichung, showing Taichung’s efforts in epidemic prevention, and Taichung The current Rt value is just over 1 o’clock, please don’t worry too much.

Regarding the diagnosis of 2 nurses in the Chinese Affiliated Hospital, Huang Gaobin said that both cases had mild symptoms yesterday. At present, it is judged that the possibility of infection on the way to and from other counties and cities is more likely. At present, all cases are infected outside the hospital, and there are no cases of infection. Nosocomial infections.

Wu Zhaoxin, the deputy medical director of Tong Comprehensive Hospital, pointed out that there are currently 3 medical staff in Tong Comprehensive who have been diagnosed, aged in their 30s to 40s, all of whom have received 3 doses of the vaccine, and all of them are mildly ill. They are taking care of them at home. All of the 332 people screened were negative, and the related spaces in the hospital were also strictly cleaned up. None of the patients were affected. Please rest assured.

Responsible editor: Yu Weining

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