Visits to hospital patients banned in 3 cities amid COVID spread
05/04/2021 05:30 PM
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Taipei, May 4 (CNA) Over the next two weeks, visits to patients hospitalized in Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan will not be allowed, as part of an effort to stop the spread of domestic COVID-19 infections, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Tuesday.
The ban will remain in effect May 4-17 and will include long-term care facilities, said the CECC, which has been working to contain a cluster of domestic COVID-19 cases linked to a local airline and an airport hotel in Taoyuan.
In a press statement, the CECC said it was imposing the restriction, with some conditions, because it had found during its contact tracing that some of the people in the cluster had been traveling around the three cities.
Infected man returns to Taiwan with forged COVID report: CECC head
05/04/2021 07:26 PM
A temperature check point at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 4 (CNA) A Taiwanese businessman infected with COVID-19 is likely to face a heavy penalty for returning to Taiwan from overseas with a forged negative COVID-19 test statement, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Tuesday.
The man, surnamed Shen (沈), took the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in Thailand, but instead of waiting for a valid test report, he returned to Taiwan on Sunday with a false result, Chen said at a Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) press briefing.
2021/05/04 11:09 Epidemic prevention workers at Taoyuan International Airport Epidemic prevention workers at Taoyuan International Airport (CNA photo) Update: 05/04 14:10 p.m. A second COVID-19 test for the Taiwanese businessman returning from Thailand has come back positive, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced Tuesday. He was found to have a Ct value of 25 and was listed as case No. 1149. CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said the man had provided a counterfeit negative COVID-19 test result prior to boarding his flight and that he will face legal action as a result. TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A Taiwanese businessman flew back to Taiwan a day after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 in Thailand, though he presented proof of a negative COVID-19 test result issued within three days prior to his departure.
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN
Taiwan, largely spared from the global coronavirus pandemic since it began last year, is grappling with a small but still uncontained outbreak that appeared last month.
Since April 20, Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center has confirmed infections of 10 pilots working for the Taiwan-based international carrier China Airlines and eight relatives of pilots. At the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel, which is next to the island’s chief international airport, four employees, three of their family members and a hotel contractor have been diagnosed since April 29.
On Tuesday, the command center reported two new COVID-19 cases, both airline employees.
Taiwan, Largely Spared Since 2020, Now Fighting Small COVID Cluster
Voice of America
05 May 2021, 00:06 GMT+10
TAIPEI - Taiwan, largely spared from the global coronavirus pandemic since it began last year, is grappling with a small but still uncontained outbreak that appeared last month.
Since April 20, Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center has confirmed infections of 10 pilots working for the Taiwan-based international carrier China Airlines and eight relatives of pilots. At the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel, which is next to the island s chief international airport, four employees, three of their family members and a hotel contractor have been diagnosed since April 29.