Health Minister Chen Shih-chung speaks at a press conference on Wednesday. (Screengrab from the CECC livestream)
TAIPEI (The China Post/ANN) â The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, ä¸å¤®æµè¡ç«æ ææ®ä¸å¿) reported five new imported COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the tally to 1,067.
According to the CECC, the new cases are from the Philippines, Russia, England and Canada.Â
Case 1064 is a Filipino migrant worker in her twenties who traveled to Taiwan on March 31 for work.
She submitted negative test results taken within three days of boarding and was tested again on April 13 when her quarantine period ended in Taiwan.
Her infection was confirmed today; however, as she had not been in contact with anyone during quarantine, no possible contacts have been listed, the CECC said.
CECC eases quarantine regulations for airline crew
JAB BENEFITS: Vaccinated staff returning on short-haul flights are to be exempted from self-health management and only need to practice a ‘disease prevention lifestyle’
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that it would ease quarantine regulations for airline crew from today.
The center also announced less restrictive self-health management regulations for Taiwanese returning from Palau.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that new quarantine regulations for airline crew would solve the problem of them being in a cycle of flying abroad, quarantine and self-health management.
Taiwan confirms five new imported COVID-19 cases
04/14/2021 09:07 PM
The CECC press conference on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, April 14 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday reported five new imported cases of COVID-19 and revoked Cambodia s designation as being a country of low-to-moderate risk from the disease.
Two of the cases involved migrant workers from the Philippines, one of whom is a woman in her 20s and the other man in his 30s. They tested positive for COVID-19 during or just after finishing quarantine, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
Two other cases, a British man in his 40s and a Taiwanese man in his 70s, also tested positive during quarantine, the CECC said.