Health Minister Chen Shih-chung speaks at a press conference on Monday. (Screengrab from CECC livestream)
TAIPEI (The China Post/ANN) â The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, ä¸å¤®æµè¡ç«æ ææ®ä¸å¿) reported 7 more imported COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally to 976.
According to Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (é³æä¸), the seven cases are from Paraguay, the U.K., the Philippines and Indonesia.
Case 971 and 975 are a woman and a man in their twenties from Paraguay who took a connecting flight from Dubai to Taiwan for school.
They submitted negative test results taken three days within boarding and they were placed under quarantine on arrival. Their infections were confirmed today and both cases are currently asymptomatic.
Taipei, March 8 (CNA) Taiwan on Monday confirmed seven new imported cases of COVID-19 one from the Philippines and two each from Paraguay, the United Kingdom, and Indonesia according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
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Cabin crews contravening government disease prevention regulations while on duty or at overseas destinations would face fines under an amendment to the Aircraft Flight Operation Regulations (航空器飛航作業管理規則).
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications on Wednesday last week announced that an amendment to the regulations would include penalties for pilots and flight attendants who breach disease prevention regulations.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration said it would announce a start date for the implementation of the changes to the enforcement rules of the Civil Aviation Act (民用航空法) after a three-day period for the public to respond.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported seven new imported cases of COVID-19.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said the seven all provided negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results from within three days of boarding a plane to Taiwan.
Cases No. 971 and No. 975 are a woman and a man from Paraguay who are in their 20s and came to Taiwan on Friday to study, he said.
They had been staying at a centralized quarantine facility, where they were given PCR tests, and the results came back positive yesterday, Chen said.
Case No.
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