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Taipei, Dec. 18 (CNA) Forty-four members of the Moscow Classical Ballet, which had all its scheduled performances in Taiwan cancelled after eight of its members tested positive for COVID-19 this week, left Taiwan on three separate flights Friday.
A total of 42 members of the troupe boarded a Turkish Airlines flight at 10:05 p.m. bound for Istanbul, where they will take another flight back to Russia.
Two other members of the troupe left Taiwan for Japan and the United States earlier Friday.
They were all part of a 52-member group from the ballet company that arrived in Taiwan on Nov. 29 for a series of performances. The group had been scheduled to perform Dec. 16-20 at the National Theater Hall in Taipei and Dec. 25-27 at the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts and the shows were expected to attract an audience of up to 15,000.
CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang. CNA photo Dec. 18, 2020
Taipei, Dec. 18 (CNA) Two people who returned to Taiwan from the United States have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 759, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday.
The two individuals, both female, presented proof of a negative COVID-19 test issued within three days of their departures as required, the center said in a press release.
One of the two arrivals is a Taiwanese woman in her 50s who arrived on Dec. 2 and was tested for COVID-19 by local health authorities on Thursday after her male travel companion tested positive for the virus the previous day. The woman s results came back positive on Friday, the CECC said.
2020/12/18 14:45 Nurses swab patients during testing for COVID-19. Nurses swab patients during testing for COVID-19. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (Dec. 18) announced two new cases of Wuhan coronavirus imported from the U.S. During a press conference on Friday, CECC Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) announced two imported COVID-19 infections, raising Taiwan s total to 759. The latest cases are both Taiwanese women who recently returned from the U.S. Each had submitted negative results of tests taken within three days of their flight, and each was sent directly to an epidemic hotel upon arrival in Taiwan.
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