CECC focuses on foreign pilots as source of airport hotel COVID-19 cases
04/30/2021 07:57 PM
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Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (front, second left) arrives at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel on Thursday. Photo courtesy of a reader.
Taipei, April 30 (CNA) The search for the source of COVID-19 infections found at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel is now focused on pilots of foreign carriers who stayed there, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Friday.
Four employees at the hotel, which is partly used by Taiwan-based China Airlines and other carriers for their crew members, have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 as of Friday, but how they became infected remains unclear.
Household members of at-risk groups can obtain COVID-19 vaccine: CECC
04/29/2021 10:10 PM
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Taipei, April 29 (CNA) Taiwan s COVID-19 vaccination program will be expanded with effect from May 3 to include people who live in the same home as medical workers and others in high-risk groups for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.
The announcement of the expanded eligibility was made after five family members of cargo pilots at China Airlines (CAL), one of Taiwan s major carriers, recently tested positive for COVID-19.
Starting May 3, the CECC said, people who live with epidemic prevention workers, those at a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure due to their jobs, and employees at hospitals, health clinics, pharmacies and government quarantine centers will be eligible to receive the vaccine.
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Staff and guests at Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport leave on Thursday morning. CNA photo April 29, 2021
Taipei, April 29 (CNA) A probe is underway to determine whether there is a COVID-19 cluster at an airport hotel in Taoyuan, where an employee tested positive on Thursday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The employee is one of the latest cases linked to China Airlines (CAL), a major carrier in Taiwan. He works as a housekeeping manager at Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, where many CAL flight crew members quarantine after returning to Taiwan.
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Taipei, April 25 (CNA) Taiwan reported three new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including two pilots at China Airlines (CAL) whose source of infection remains unclear, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).