CORONAVIRUS/Taiwan's 4th Omicron wave likely to peak in late June, early July: CDC
05/30/2023 04:56 PM
Taiwan's fourth wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by lineages of the Omicron variant is likely to peak in late June or early July, with around 80 percent of cases involving people contracting the disease for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.
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