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More than 99 percent of local COVID-19 cases so far this year reported having mild or no symptoms, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it announced modified quarantine and isolation standards, and plans to expand healthcare capacity to meet rising caseloads. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that 1,370 local COVID-19 infections were reported between Jan. 1 and Friday, and 1,367 people, or 99.78 percent, were asymptomatic or had only mild symptoms. Only three cases, or 0.22 percent, experienced medium to severe illness from COVID-19, and they were all aged...
