Commander Wang Bisheng said that it is expected to announce the second phase of indoor mask-free measures and road travel time this week; in addition, there are border control, confirmed case isolation, confirmed case notification, legal infectious disease downgrading, etc., all of which have begun "substantial discussions "

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[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] In response to the Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic, Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that it is expected to announce the second phase of indoor mask-free measures and the time to go on the road this week. In addition, there are border control, isolation of confirmed cases, notification of confirmed cases, downgrading of notifiable communicable diseases, etc., and "substantial discussions" have begun.

The command center has stated since the beginning of this month that it is expected that relevant epidemic prevention measures, including masks and downgrading, will be announced successively from the end of this month to the beginning of February.

Wang Bisheng said at the epidemic press conference today that the second phase of mask loosening measures is under discussion, and the detailed implementation schedule and content will be announced this week. The recent epidemic trend will also be included in the reference and comprehensive discussion.

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Wang Bisheng pointed out that the implementation date of these anti-epidemic measures is somewhat early and some late. If it is confirmed that it can be announced, it will be announced first, and the epidemic prevention regulations are different in various countries, just like the World Health Organization (WHO) held a meeting on January 17 to lift the anti-epidemic measures. PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) has not yet seen the results.

Wang Bisheng said that Japan will be downgraded after 3 months, South Korea will lift the ban on masks first, and Hong Kong will first allow confirmed cases not to be quarantined. "Each country has its own approach."

Wang Bisheng said that the first opening measure is the opening of masks in the "second phase", which is the fastest, and places that must wear masks will be listed on the front; the second is the "0+7" day measure adjustment for immigrants and Whether saliva screening is ongoing.

The policy adjustment for the isolation of the third confirmed person, the change in the definition of the notification of the fourth confirmed person, and the fifth is that the new crown pneumonia was changed from the fifth category of legal infectious disease to the fourth category.

Among them, masks and borders will be implemented earlier.

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