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Taiwan reports 142 more deaths as it considers easing quarantine on entry
- The number of daily infections should fall over the next two to three weeks, epidemiologists say
- Island reports more than 76,000 new cases while mainland health authorities report 20
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Taiwan reported another 142 deaths from Covid-19 and more than 76,000 new cases of the disease on Friday as authorities weigh up whether to further ease entry restrictions.
The death toll was close to the record 145 daily fatalities reported on May 29.
The island reported 76,517 new locally transmitted cases, of which 409 were severe. Among the fatalities reported on friday, the youngest was a 20-year-old unvaccinated male who was immunocompromised, and the eldest was 90.
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Taiwan has been battling a surge in Covid-19 cases since the end of April, testing the island’s “living with Covid” policy.
Chuang Jen-hsiang, spokesman of the Central Epidemic Command Centre, said on Friday that the government was considering shortening quarantine for some visitors. At the moment, people arriving in Taiwan must quarantine for seven days and monitor their health for a further seven days after that.
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Authorities were also considering scrapping the Covid-19 taxi requirement, where arriving passengers must leave the airport in designated taxis.
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