Contacts in Grand Hotel Case Test Negative 圓山飯店廚師確診 新北匡列20人皆採陰

A Grand Hotel chef tested positive along with two family members and a friend who lives in New Taipei City. So far, twenty contacts tested negative.

The 20th vaccination round began on Jan. 24. People arrived punctually for their appointments, while Taipei City Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun headed to a vaccination site set up at East Metro Mall. Taipei intends to vaccinate 265,000 people during this round, but it only has sufficient supplies of the BNT and Medigen vaccines.

Tsai Ping-kun, Deputy Mayor, Taipei City: “Right now, we need to work hard to get the central government to supply us on time with (Moderna) vaccines for those 157,000 (people) who have booked appointments and based on this number. We conducted a survey, and there are 50 to 60 clinics that are willing to inoculate residents over the Lunar New Year on Feb. 4, 5, and 6.”

The central government's vaccination reservation system will be offline for seven days because of the holiday. Taipei therefore arranged for 50-plus clinics to vaccinate people starting on Feb. 4. The Department of Health is asking people to take at-home tests or go to testing sites if they develop respiratory symptoms. They should only go get treatment if they test negative. A Grand Hotel chef recently tested positive along with two family members and a friend who lives in New Taipei City's Luzhou District. Twenty contacts tested negative.

Hou Yu-ih, Mayor, New Taipei City: “Our rapid and accurate investigation and expanded testing in response to the Luzhou case identified 20 contacts, and they all tested negative. The situation is currently stable.”

New Taipei City Mayor Hou Yu-ih said that although there have been sporadic cases, contacts were immediately identified and tested. He added that the city can help its neighbors while protecting against the epidemic.

 

第20期疫苗接種24日開打，不少預約民眾如期前來，台北市副市長蔡炳坤親自視察東區地下街7號廣場的中型疫苗接種站。這一期台北市預計要接種26.5萬人，只是盤點目前的疫苗，只有BNT和高端疫苗數量足夠。

台北市副市長蔡炳坤表示:「莫德納我們現在是一定要努力把已經預約（莫德納）的，到目前15萬7千多（人），這些已經預約的一定要請中央，把疫苗如期的照這個數量給我們。」

蔡炳坤補充:「傾向是春節期間我們的這些，經過調查有大概5、60家的診所，合約診所他們願意在2月的4、5、6三天，也就是初四初五初六這三天，他們有表達願意為市民服務。」

北市力拼疫苗接種，但因應春節，中央疫苗預約系統休假7天，因此北市協調50多家合約診所提供服務，提早從初四開打。北市衛生局更呼籲，在過年期間，若是民眾出現呼吸道症狀，務必提高警覺，建議先使用家用快篩，或是到北市篩檢站採檢，確認陰性再去就醫。

另外，台北市圓山飯店女廚師一家人共3人確診，連帶住在新北蘆洲的友人也確診，匡列採檢20人已經有結果。

新北市長侯友宜說:「蘆洲的個案經過我們快速的精準疫調、擴大匡列，有20個人出來都是陰性，那目前我們一切都是穩定當中。」

這一波疫情快速傳播，各地方政府嚴陣以待，侯友宜還強調這段期間雖然有零星個案，但立即匡列採檢阻隔，新北市在防守疫情的當中，也能協助隔壁縣市。