Taiwan raised its alert level in May following a spike in infections, limiting personal gatherings, closing entertainment venues, parks and movie theatres and restricting restaurants to takeout service.

Those measures will be partially eased on July 13, but the Level 3 alert level will remain in place until July 26, Chen said.

Chen announced 18 new domestic cases on Thursday, the lowest daily number since the current oubtreak started in May.

“We will extend the Level 3 alert, but will moderately relax it,” he told reporters.

Restaurants will be allowed to open with appropriate controls like space between diners. Parks, movie theatres and gyms will also be reopened, though swimming pools will remain closed, according to government-provided details.

Curbs that will remain include no wedding banquets, no indoor gatherings of more than five people and restricted numbers of people allowed in supermarkets and traditional wet markets. Wearing face masks both inside and outside will remain mandatory.

Taiwan has reported 15,149 infections since the pandemic began, including 718 deaths.