2020/12/31 15:17 (Getty Images) (Getty Images) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan on New Year s Eve reported two new imported coronavirus cases and its second imported case of the new mutant COVID-19 strain from the UK. The new strain, identified as B.1.1.7, has been found to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than the original version that came out of Wuhan, China, last year. On New Year s Eve, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) announced two new imported cases of Wuhan coronavirus and explained that a previously reported case has tested positive for the new mutant variant of the virus first detected in the U.K., the second such case in Taiwan.
2020/12/29 16:23 (Internet images) (Internet images) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) EVA Air has confirmed that it has fired a pilot after reports surfaced that he had allegedly engaged in illicit affairs with multiple women and conned them out of money while undergoing quarantine. Amid the furor over the actions of an EVA Air cargo pilot from New Zealand which led to a cluster infection of pilots as well as the infection of a Quanta Computers employee, a woman came forward on Tuesday (Dec. 29) to allege that a married first officer who flies the same fleet of EVA Air 777 jets as the New Zealander had affairs with multiple women, including while under quarantine. Another woman alleged that he even invited her over to his home in Taoyuan while he was undergoing quarantine.
2020/12/22 12:57 (PTT image) (PTT image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A Taiwanese couple claims that they have contracted the new mutant coronavirus strain that is circulating around the UK despite having rarely ventured out or interacted with others while in that country. A new strain of the virus, identified as B.1.1.7, has risen in the UK and been found to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than the version that emerged in Wuhan, China, last year. Many areas of the country, including London, have entered the highest alert level, with over 60 percent of cases due to the new variant of the virus. On Monday (Dec. 21), a Taiwanese netizen living in West London wrote on popular Taiwanese online forum PTT that he and his wife had been following the news about the coronavirus mutating in southern England and London. He said they had been patting themselves on the back for avoiding infection by wearing masks, using disi