Omicron variant poses reinfection risk, CECC says 焦點 自由時報電子報


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By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter The WHO has warned that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 might reinfect people who had recovered from COVID-19, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The CECC on Friday announced that effective tomorrow, travelers from southern Africa, where the variant was first detected — South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe — would need to quarantine for 14 days in a centralized facility after arriving in Taiwan. The move followed similar requirements other countries imposed on travelers from those states. Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the...