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Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control logged a cluster of enterovirus 71 cases in New Taipei elementary schools during the first week after autumn term began, prompting extra sanitation inspections but no district-wide closures.
Taiwan’s CDC logged a rise in enterovirus 71 cases linked to New Taipei elementary schools two weeks after the autumn term began, prompting extra clinic hours in Sanchong and Xinzhuang.
Eastern Taiwan hospitals kept outdoor triage tents operating as volunteer mud-out crews rotated through Guangfu neighborhoods still drying after Typhoon Danas flooding.
Taiwan's CDC said Oct. 6 that H1N1 accounts for 90.7% of influenza A detections while 219 severe flu cases and 44 deaths were reported in a week, with 1.062 million public flu shots administered since Oct. 1.
CDC data show 395,000 publicly funded COVID-19 shots administered in the campaign’s first five days, prompting extended hours at Taipei Main Station pop-up desks before Double-Ten travel.
Hospitals across Taiwan are rewriting patient consent forms to comply with health ministry generative-AI guidelines as clinics pilot documentation assistants under new governance rules.
