D1@15 May 2021 Plain Covid Diary in TW

180 local cases added. 15 May 2021 (Sat)

I was too lazy to keep my diary of COVID in Taiwan until I saw an article from Vocus that encouraged Taiwanese people to keep journals to be seen worldwide. So, as the topic, I'm gonna just write my journals in English or maybe Spanish if I can.

I was hospitalised for six days due to salmonella. I'm glad that I just left the hospital two days ago, my footprints were simple and comparatively were safe.

Today, the number of COVID local cases drastically increased to 180 for the first time since the outbreak in Jan 2020. I can't tell how anxious I am, so are most citizens.

Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, has announced to start the level 3 alert measures (4 is the highest). I think all cities will announce to raise to level 3 soon today. It may seem meh to other countries which have been living in hell for over a year. I have a fear of every tomorrow now, what if it adds 500 or even 1000 cases tomorrow?

Many cities have closed night markets, included Taichung. I hope my daughter's schools will be closed soon.

The only motivating thing I saw today was a tweet from a Taiwanese netizen:

"Look, the world. We will just show this once. We're going to remove the level 3 alert in two weeks." - a boast, but also a depressing motivation.

The Taipei metro stations were quite empty.

Some used crowded places in Taipei have locked down themselves without orders.

I felt better when seeing these pictures.