2021/04/25 09:32 Taiwan government remains vigilant with epidemic situation. Taiwan government remains vigilant with epidemic situation. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Italian media praised Taiwan s pandemic response and called for the nation to be included in the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday (April 21). The Italian newspaper La Stampa said that since March 2020, Taiwan has recorded just over 1,000 COVID cases and 11 deaths. Because of its outstanding success, Taiwan has won the support of 1,700 politicians from 80 countries calling for the nation to be included in the WHO and its affiliated bodies, CNA cited La Stampa as saying. The report mentioned that Taiwan has never implemented a lockdown, schools have been kept open, and economic development is steadily growing. In addition to establishing preventative measures early on in the pandemic, the people trust the government, whi
Four people who tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week were infected with the UK variant, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, urging people to get vaccinated as early as possible, as the AstraZeneca vaccine is about 70 percent effective against the variant.
The center reported seven cases of COVID-19 among China Airlines cargo pilots in the past week: two Taiwanese on Tuesday; two Indonesians on Friday, including one who tested positive in Australia; a Taiwanese on Saturday; and two more Taiwanese yesterday.
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy chief of the CECC’s medical response
COVID-19: Two more pilots test positive
SCREENING: Both pilots had low cycle threshold values, while one of them produced conflicting PCR test results and further testing might be needed, Chen Shih-chung said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Two more China Airlines (CAL, 華航) cargo pilots have been diagnosed with COVID-19, adding up to seven pilots diagnosed with the virus over the past week, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported yesterday.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that one of the new cases No. 1,100 is a Taiwanese man in his 50s.
He tested positive during a screening of the close contacts of a case reported in Australia an Indonesian CAL pilot, Chen said.
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).
Kuwait man detained in Pingtung for leaving Taipei hotel quarantine
04/25/2021 03:57 PM
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Taipei, April 25 (CNA) A Kuwait man was detained in Pingtung Saturday after failing to provide COVID-19 related documents when registering to participate in a triathlon event in Kenting and later sent to a quarantine center in Kaohsiung, Pingtung Public Health Bureau said Sunday.
The bureau said it received a report from the event organizer that a Kuwait man in his 20s failed to submit verification of health or other required documents and staff at the registration site isolated him in a separate room before Pingtung health officials arrived to handle his case.