Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) Nine of the 15 new domestic COVID-19 cases reported Saturday in Taiwan tested positive after they were placed in quarantine as contacts of previously confirmed cases, which officials believe should help limit the spread of the virus.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 15 local COVID-19 cases, and urged elderly people and high-risk groups who have not completed their primary COVID-19 vaccination series to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible.
Of the 15 local cases, nine were in isolation when they tested positive, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
The other six cases posed a higher risk to local communities, and contact tracing was being conducted, he added.
Three of the cases were linked to a hotel cluster in Yilan County: a married couple in Kaohsiung, who are friends with
A cluster infection at the Farglory Free Trade Zone (遠雄自由貿易園區) in Taoyuan is mostly under control, Victor Wang (王必勝), deputy head of the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) medical response division and the center’s on-site commander at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, said yesterday.
Fourteen workers at the free trade zone tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, but they are all employed by the same company, Askey Computer Corp, which means that the infection has not spread to other firms, Wang said.
“Because all of the confirmed cases are isolated at home or government quarantine facilities, the cluster infection in the free-trade zone
Hong Kong’s zero-tolerance approach could keep the Asian financial hub cut off from most of the world until 2024, according to a draft report by the European Chamber of Commerce in the city.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 46 local and 46 imported cases of COVID-19, and said that genome sequencing found 10 local transmission chains of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.
The imported cases are 25 travelers who tested positive upon arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, and 21 people who tested positive during quarantine, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
The domestic infections include 14 cases linked to the Farglory Free Trade Zone (遠雄自由貿易園區) cluster in Taoyuan, 12 cases linked to a Port of Kaohsiung cluster, two cases linked to an Yilan County