Taiwan has seen record-breaking daily case counts this week. Two of the shops, which two infected women worked at, were in a densely populated area of the capital near the Longshan Temple MRT Station and Xinfu Market, where large numbers of people circulate each day, the newspaper reported. Another cluster is thought to be linked to an amusement arcade in northeastern Yilan City,
CNN reported. However, many of the domestic cases centred in northern Taiwan are believed to be connected to an earlier outbreak among pilots and a hotel at Taipei’s main international airport,
Reuters reported. The exact chain of transmission has not yet been confirmed.
NTUH urges against emergency room visits after 10 workers test COVID-positive
05/19/2021 01:37 PM
National Taiwan University Hospital. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) Taiwan’s No. 1 hospital on Wednesday called on non-emergency patients to stop visiting its emergency room after 10 non health-worker employees at the hospital tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus disease.
National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) Vice Superintendent Wang Tyng-guey (王亭貴) announced that the hospital has stopped admitting new patients and performing non-urgent surgeries.
It has also cut down the number of regular outpatient clinics, with immediate effect, in an effort to prevent the further spread of the pandemic.
The hospital will test all employees, around 7,000 people, within two days, to determine whether there are more confirmed COVID-19 cases at NTUH, Wang added.
2021/05/19 11:07 National Taiwan University Hospital. National Taiwan University Hospital. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A total of 10 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 at the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) in Taipei, including one employee. Presently, 10 out of 36 people have tested positive at NTUH, according to a press release the hospital issued Wednesday (May 19). Among these cases is a hospital engineering office employee who developed a fever on Tuesday (May 18). The employee was tested that same day and diagnosed that evening. All office staff were immediately notified of the result and told to get tested and that an inspection of the area, as well as cleaning and disinfection, would be carried out.
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