Taiwan reported 38,785 new domestic cases of COVID-19 on Sept. 25, a week-on-week decrease of 1.4 percent, and 34 deaths. In addition, there were four severe pediatric cases all with MIS-C.
Japan will reopen to independent travelers on Oct. 11 with a negative 72-hour PCR test or proof of three vaccinations. Those in Taiwan that chose to get Medigen are out of luck and will have to shell out at least NT$3,500 to get a PCR test as Japan does not recognize Medigen. Health and Welfare Minister Hsueh Jui-yuan says Japan is definitely not targeting Medigen and other countries are lifting border controls without requiring proof of vaccination.
Hsueh Jui-yuan, Health and Welfare Minister: “We have collected information on 71 main countries around the world and of this number, 49 do not require so-called vaccine certificates to enter. So, this should gradually become a trend.”
Eleven municipalities began administering second-generation Moderna vaccines on the 24th, with people over 65 getting priority and 4,469 people getting vaccinated on the first day.
Citizen: “BA.4 and BA.5 are highly infectious, and the only one that gets even close is the BA.1 second-generation vaccine.”
Citizen: “(You waited a year before getting boosted. Is it because you have travel plans?) No, it's for work. Many companies aren't hiring people that haven't been boosted.”
Taiwan reported 38,785 new domestic cases of COVID-19 on the 25th, a week-on-week decrease of 1.4 percent and 34 deaths. New Taipei City had the highest number of new cases among all municipalities with 8,016 new cases. Taiwan also reported four new severe pediatric cases between the ages of one and 12, all with MIS-C. The 12-year-old had had two shots.
Chuang Jen-hsiang, Spokesperson, Central Epidemic Command Center: “(The boy) was diagnosed with MIS-C and acute hepatitis at the hospital. He is currently receiving immunoglobulin treatment.”
The head of the Central Epidemic Command Center, Victor Wang, says the case count has only fallen slightly in the past week and this could indicate another plateau. Wang says several more days of observation are needed to see if the case count is truly trending downwards.
日本10月11日起開放自由行，須提出72小時PCR陰性證明，或以3劑疫苗證明取代，但承認的疫苗不包括高端，民眾得自費至少新台幣3500元採檢PCR。衛福部長薛瑞元表示，日本此舉並非針對高端，現在很多國家開放邊境，也並沒有要求一定要打疫苗才能入境，應該會逐漸變成趨勢。
薛瑞元指出：「全世界我們大概蒐集了71個主要的國家，其中有49個國家是不需要說要所謂的疫苗證明才可以進去，所以這個會逐漸變成一個趨勢。」
而11縣市同步在24日開打莫德納次世代雙價疫苗，第一天累積4469人次，不少長者擔心先前接種的疫苗，對新變異株的保護力不夠，第2和第3劑追加劑選擇莫德納次世代雙價疫苗。
民眾說：「現在BA.4、BA.5很流行，就是傳染力很快，現在唯一能夠比較接近的就是BA.1次世代疫苗。」
也有民眾表示：「（隔了一年再打第3劑，主是要為了出國嗎）不是為了出國，主要是為了工作，感覺沒有3劑的話，好像不能錄取之類的。」
至於本土疫情25日新增3萬8785例本土個案，較上週日下降1.4%，仍以新北8016例最多，確診個案新增34例死亡。新增4例兒童重症都是MIS-C，介於1歲到12歲，其中12歲男童曾接種2劑疫苗，還是染上重症。
中央流行疫情指揮中心發言人莊人祥指出：「就醫診斷疑似MIS-C併急性肝炎住院，目前使用免疫球蛋白等藥物治療。」
指揮官王必勝表示，最近一週確診數下降幅度很小，顯示現在可能是在高原期，還需要觀察未來幾天走向，才能判斷趨勢是否真的向下。