2021/04/28 16:38 Zhongli Amanda Dance Hall. (Facebook, Zhongli Amanda Dance Hall photo) Zhongli Amanda Dance Hall. (Facebook, Zhongli Amanda Dance Hall photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (April 28) released a list of four Taoyuan locations where an elderly man who tested positive for the coronavirus traveled last week, including three community centers frequented by seniors and a restaurant. During a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced three local coronavirus cases and three imported infections. Among the three local infections was case No. 1,112, a Taiwanese man in his 70s who is a relative of case No. 1,106, a Taiwanese woman in her 70s, and case No. 1,068, a Taiwanese man in his 70s, with both of whom had traveled to Canada to visit relatives on March 1.
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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.
Quarantine hotel employee infected: CECC
TAKING PRECAUTIONS: With the possibility of person-to-person transmission, the government has activated the highest level of containment measures, the CECC said
By Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNA
A newly confirmed COVID-19 case might indicate person-to-person transmission within a Taoyuan hotel, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as 412 people were moved from the facility to government quarantine centers.
The center announced three more cases linked to China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 華航), two of which were domestically transmitted, while the source of the third is unknown.
One of the domestic cases is a senior housekeeping employee at Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, where many CAL flight crew members stay for quarantine after arriving in Taiwan, the CECC said.
2021/04/28 15:08 Chen Shih-chung listing locations where case No. 1,112 had recently visited in Taoyuan. (CECC photo) Chen Shih-chung listing locations where case No. 1,112 had recently visited in Taoyuan. (CECC photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (April 28) announced three local and three imported COVID-19 cases. During a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced three local coronavirus cases and three imported infections. Of the local cases, two were contacts of pilots from the China Airlines cargo pilot cluster, and one was a relative of two previously confirmed cases. According to Chen, case No. 1,112 is a Taiwanese man in his 70s who is a relative of case No. 1,106, and case No. 1,068, a Taiwanese woman in her 70s, and a Taiwanese man in his 70s, both of whom had traveled to Canada to visit relative