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2020/12/30 15:01 Filipino Catholics pray on the first of nine daily dawn masses before Christmas day held at an outdoor basketball court in Quezon City. Filipino Catholics pray on the first of nine daily dawn masses before Christmas day held at an outdoor basketball court in Quezon City. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (Dec. 30) announced that two new cases of Wuhan coronavirus have been imported from the Philippines. On Wednesday, Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced two new imported COVID-19 cases, raising Taiwan s total number of infections to 797. The latest cases are two female migrant workers in their 20s from the Philippines.
2020/12/29 14:40 Chuang Jen-hsiang. (CDC photo) Chuang Jen-hsiang. (CDC photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday (Dec. 29) announced two new cases of Wuhan coronavirus, including an Indian man who tested positive after his quarantine ended, bringing the total number of imported cases to 700. During a press conference on Tuesday, CECC Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) announced two imported COVID-19 infections, raising Taiwan s total to 795, including 700 imported cases. The latest cases were imported from the Philippines and 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.
2020/12/23 15:44 Indonesian caregiver in Taiwan Indonesian caregiver in Taiwan (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (Dec. 23) announced that six new cases of Wuhan coronavirus have been imported from the Philippines and Indonesia, including an Indonesian woman who tested positive after already moving into her employer s home. During his weekly press conference Wednesday afternoon, Minister of Health and Welfare and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced seven imported coronavirus cases, raising the total number of confirmed cases in Taiwan to 776. The latest imported cases include six migrant workers from the Philippines and Indonesia. 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.