The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan has slowed down and entered a period of low community prevalence. Although the command center announced the relaxation of a number of control measures today, the "5+N" days of quarantine for confirmed cases are still not relaxed.

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[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] The epidemic of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) has slowed down and entered a low epidemic period in the community. The daily quarantine regulations are still not relaxed.

Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said today that whether the "5+N" can be shortened is "of course open to discussion." However, in neighboring countries such as South Korea, Japan and other advanced countries, the isolation of confirmed cases is still maintained for 7 days, and it will be determined by the international community. Adjust the situation again.

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Some media asked, when is the local epidemic expected to drop below 10,000 cases?

Wang Bisheng explained that based on the internal model of the command center, it is estimated that next week may reach the lowest point, but there may be 1 to 3 days when there will be more than 10,000 cases, and then there may be a slight increase. The epidemic situation in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, etc. There are similar ups and downs, and the command center will continue to monitor the epidemic situation in order to adjust the definition of follow-up notifications.

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