Disease Control Area

A resurgence of COVID-19 infections prompted New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) to announce on Monday (Jan. 25) a ban on visiting the sick in hospitals across the city except under special circums...

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (Jan. 22) announced two new domestic cases and six imported cases of the Wuhan coronavirus. The cases, announced by CECC head Chen ...

Following two new coronavirus cases associated with a hospital cluster in northern Taiwan on Sunday (Jan. 24), Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) on Monday (Jan. 25) announced that all activities at s...

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday (Jan. 18) announced the third nurse to be infected with the Wuhan coronavirus at a northern Taiwan hospital, bringing the total of healthc...

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday (Nov. 23) announced one new case of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) imported from Ghana. During a press conference on Monday, CECC Spokesm...

The policy that surgical masks must be imprinted with the letters "MD" and "MIT" takes effect today (Sept. 24). Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) stated since tod...

Starting September 17, all surgical masks on sale to the public must be imprinted with “MD” for “Medical Device” and “Made in Taiwan,” the Food and Drugs Admini...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that no additional cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were confirmed in Taiwan on September 9. The CECC reported that a cumulative to...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reiterates that those under home quarantine and home isolation should contact the local health authority, which would arrange for a designated taxi or an...

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) urges the public to wear masks when going to places where social distancing is not possible or visiting crowded or confined venues where many people gath...