As for when is the third phase of "Comprehensive Mask Free" expected to hit the road?

Wang Bisheng, the commander of the command center, said that in the final stage, it is possible to cancel the mandatory wearing of masks like Singapore, and leave it to the people to make their own decisions.

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[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Report from Taipei] The Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic situation is gradually slowing down. The Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center announced today that the second phase of mask measures will be relaxed starting from the 20th of this month, and indoor masks can be exempted, but Hospitals, public transportation and other places are excluded; as for when the third phase of "fully exempt from wearing masks" is expected to be on the road?

Wang Bisheng, the commander of the command center, said that in the final stage, it is possible to cancel the mandatory wearing of masks like Singapore, and leave it to the people to make their own decisions.

The second phase of the mask loosening measures, which went on the road on the 20th, only lists the places where masks are required to be worn, including "medical institutions, medical institutions, welfare institutions for the elderly, long-term care institutions, honorary national homes, child and juvenile service institutions, and disability service institutions." , public transport and specific means of transport".

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Wang Bisheng said at a press conference on the epidemic today that the relaxation of masks will continue to be promoted in the future. The mandatory measures will be lifted in the final stage, and the people will wear them independently. He will continue to observe the implementation of the second stage, and then promote it according to the situation.

As for other control measures, including the isolation of confirmed cases, changes in the definition of confirmed cases, downgrading, etc., Zhang Shangchun, the convener of the expert group of the command center, said that these are also under continuous discussion, but there are still some epidemics that continue, and the international trend has not been completely loosened. And the virus is still mutating, and the next loosening measures will be carried out step by step and in stages.

Zhang Shangchun said that taking the isolation of confirmed cases as an example, it may be changed to recommended rest at home, etc., without mandatory isolation. These are all considerations, but the time point has not yet been determined, and the phased loosening measures still depend on the epidemic situation.

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