A public health experts is urging the government to consider a Level 2.5
coronavirus alert.

Currently the entire nation is under Level 3 restrictions, but with the
epidemic situation easing, NTU professor Chen Xiu-xi suggests that a 2.5
alert should be better than going straight back to 2.

The biggest difference between Level 2.5 and 2 would be the number of people
allowed to gather indoors and outdoors.

Level 2 alert allows gatherings of fewer than 100 people indoors and 500
outdoors.

Chen says a Level 2.5 warning can open for 30 to 50 people indoors so that
restaurants and stores are able to resume business on a limited scale.

Noting that vaccinations of medical personnel and the elderly are picking up
speed, he says the situation is on the right track and that officials can
start considering downgrading the alert level gradually.

(JL)