Suspected COVID patient caught after attacking nurse in Taiwan
06/04/2021 09:44 PM
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Taipei, June 4 (CNA) Authorities in Taiwan s New Taipei City on Friday retrieved a 66-year-old suspected COVID-19 patient who fled Far Eastern Hospital after attacking a nurse with his cane.
The man who was identified in media reports by the surname Lee (李) had recently tested positive on a COVID-19 rapid test, and was being treated at the hospital for pneumonia-like symptoms while awaiting the results of a PCR test, according to New Taipei City Health Department.
On Friday afternoon, the man, angry about being confined to a designated COVID-19 hospital ward, struck a nurse with his cane, before making his way to an exit, where he hailed a car and fled, the hospital said.
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