Luo Yijun, a spokesman for the command center, said that if the epidemic situation stabilizes after the Ching Ming Festival holiday, the hospital’s regulations on visiting and accompanying patients are expected to be relaxed on April 10; the requirement to wear masks on public transportation is also expected to be lifted after mid-April.

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[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] The local epidemic of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) continues to slow down. The epidemic situation is stable, and the hospital's visit and companionship regulations are expected to be relaxed on April 10; the requirement to wear masks on public transportation is also expected to be lifted after mid-April.

The epidemic has stabilized and slowed down. Countries have gradually resumed their pre-epidemic life and gradually relaxed various epidemic prevention regulations. Our country has repeatedly discussed the timetable for the unblocking of various regulations.

The Central Epidemic Command Center has stated that if the epidemic situation is stable, it is expected to downgrade the command center and open the new crown virus from the fifth category of legal infectious disease to the fourth category by the end of April at the earliest.

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Luo Yijun pointed out that starting next Monday (20th) the new measures of "no notification and no quarantine" for confirmed cases of Wuhan pneumonia will be observed for a while after the implementation of the new measures. If there is no change, the measures can be loosened in advance in mid-April.

Luo Yijun said that if the epidemic situation is stable, routine hospitalization and accompanying sickness screening are expected to be canceled on April 10, but the requirement to continue to wear masks in the hospital will continue for a period of time; For major changes, other regulations can be gradually loosened in advance, such as exempting from wearing masks on public transportation, etc., and plans and announcements will be made successively later.

As for measures such as the downgrade of the command center and the reclassification of the new crown virus, Luo Yijun said that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States will successively announce the lifting of the emergency state of the epidemic at the end of April and May. "Our goal should also be around the end of April. The international community is unanimous in speeding up the unwinding and relaxation.”

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