2021/05/08 19:51 Taiwan is not one of the 12 countries or territories on the quarantine-free green list in the UK Taiwan is not one of the 12 countries or territories on the quarantine-free green list in the UK (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan will continue its efforts to be added to the United Kingdom’s green list of countries from which returnees do not have to quarantine, reports said Saturday (May 8). On Friday (May 7), the British government published a list of 12 countries and islands from which travelers can return without having to spend time in quarantine to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. Testing will be required before leaving the other country and within two days of returning to England.
2021/05/08 14:28 CECC chief Chen Shih-chung CECC chief Chen Shih-chung (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed on Saturday (May 8) that an airline pilot inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a relative were infected with COVID-19. Together with three new imported cases, they brought the total for Taiwan to 1,183, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. Recent domestic infections have focused on China Airlines (CAL) pilots and staff at a Novotel hotel near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Case No.1183 was a pilot whose source of infection still had to be investigated, according to the CECC. He was a man in his 50s who had flown to Vietnam on April 19 and to Thailand on April 22. He had worked on simulation training with a pilot later confirmed as case No.1153.
One more CAL pilot tests positive for COVID-19
05/08/2021 05:42 PM
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Taipei, May 8 (CNA) Taiwan added five new COVID-19 cases Saturday, including a pilot with the country s flagship carrier, China Airlines (CAL), and the pilot s wife, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The two infections brought the total number of potentially related infections among CAL pilots, employees of the Novotel hotel at Taoyuan International Airport, and some of their relatives to 31 as of Saturday.
The CAL pilot who tested positive Saturday may have contracted the disease after coming into contact with another pilot, whose infection was confirmed on Tuesday, during a pilot training session on April 28, said CECC chief Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) at a press briefing.
2021/05/08 14:50 Socially distanced terraces in the Dutch city of Utrecht Socially distanced terraces in the Dutch city of Utrecht (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed on Saturday (May 8) three new COVID-19 cases imported from the Philippines and the Netherlands. Case No. 1180 is a female migrant worker from the Philippines in her 30s who arrived in Taiwan on April 23, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. During quarantine on May 5, she had a runny nose, and a test conducted on May 6 turned out positive. Case No. 1181 is a Filipino sailor in his 30s who arrived in Taiwan on April 21. His employer had him taken to a hospital in a custom vehicle for a test on May 6 at the end of his quarantine period.