2021/01/19 14:34 CECC head Chen Shih-chung. (CNA photo) CECC head Chen Shih-chung. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday (Jan. 18) announced four new domestic cases and two imported cases of Wuhan coronavirus, with all new local cases tied to the hospital cluster. On Tuesday (Jan. 19), CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced four new domestic coronavirus cases and two imported infections, bringing the total to 868. The latest domestic cases are comprised of a fourth nurse from the same hospital, relatives of two prior cases, and a foreign caregiver, while the newest imported cases include a Taiwanese woman and an Indonesian fisheries worker.
2021/01/18 15:56 Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare. (medicaltravel.org.tw photo) Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare. (medicaltravel.org.tw photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A week after announcing the first nosocomial Wuhan coronavirus infection of a health worker in many months, the head of Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) inadvertently revealed the name of the hospital, before officially acknowledging it. On Jan. 12, Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced that a doctor and a nurse from a hospital in northern Taiwan had tested positive for COVID-19. That same day, the CECC issued a preliminary list of locations where the two had recently visited.