Taipei, May 2 (CNA) Two of the four people confirmed Sunday as domestic COVID-19 cases had visited restaurants in Taipei and traveled on public transport in the city before they tested positive for the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
CECC reports four more local cases
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By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported four local COVID-19 cases: three family members of an infected worker at a quarantine hotel and a family member of an infected pilot.
The new cases bring the number of infections involving China Airlines Ltd (中華航空) pilots and the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel, where many of the airline’s crew members quarantined, to 24.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said three of them are the husband, son and daughter of case No. 1,129, a woman in her 60s, who works at the hotel.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday posted a list of places visited by people who were recently diagnosed with COVID-19 while they were likely contagious, urging people who visited the sites at the same time to practice self-health management.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that confirmed case No. 1,129 a woman in her 60s who works at Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, a designated quarantine facility, and tested positive on Friday visited Chiayi between Friday last week and Monday.
On the first day of her trip, she visited the Big Chiayi
2021/05/01 15:26 A warning in Manila on April 26 to wear a mask A warning in Manila on April 26 to wear a mask (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed on Saturday (May 1) three new COVID-19 cases imported from the Philippines and Indonesia and one domestic infection, bringing the nation s total to 1,132. Case No. 1,130 is a fisheries worker from the Philippines in his 40s who arrived in Taiwan on April 16, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. He tested positive for the coronavirus just before leaving quarantine, though he had been asymptomatic throughout and had no contacts during his stay in Taiwan. Case No. 1,131 is a Taiwanese man in his 40s who left the country in December to work in Indonesia. He returned to Taiwan on March 28, spent the required period in quarantine, tested negative, and returned home.