CORONAVIRUS/Taiwan to downgrade classification of COVID-19, disband CECC (update)
04/25/2023 11:04 PM
Taiwan will reclassify COVID-19 from a Category 5 communicable disease to the lower Category 4 on May 1 and disband the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) after it was set up nearly 1,200 days ago, Deputy Health Minister Victor Wang (王必勝) said Tuesday.
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