The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Taoyuan General Hospital is expected to resume normal operations on Friday, following the successful containment of a COVID-19 cluster infection at the facility, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday.
Chen, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), said the cluster which began on Jan. 12 with the infection of a doctor who was treating COVID-19 patients and resulting in 21 infections, including one death had been “brought to a close.”
In response to the cluster, the ministry on Jan. 22 initiated a plan to evacuate patients from high-risk
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Taipei, Feb. 15 (CNA) Taoyuan General Hospital is expected to resume normal operations on Feb. 19, following the successful containment of a recent cluster of COVID-19 infections originating at the facility, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Monday.
Speaking at a press briefing, Chen said the cluster of cases, which began with the infection of a doctor who treated COVID-19 patients at the hospital on Jan. 12, and was eventually linked to 21 cases and one death, had been brought to a close.
In response to the cluster, the Ministry of Health and Welfare initiated a plan on Jan. 22 to evacuate patients from high-risk areas of the hospital and reduce outpatient services.
Hanoi and Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) Vietnam has reported a COVID-19 case that involved a recent arrival from Taiwan, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Sunday.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported no new domestic or imported COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day.
The last time the nation had no new cases for consecutive days was 109 days ago, when no cases were reported from Oct. 25 to 27 last year, it said.
Answering questions about a Vietnamese news report that a 39-year-old Taiwanese woman who arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 28 tested positive in a second COVID-19 test on Thursday, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman, said the center has contacted Vietnam’s National
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TAIPEI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan health authorities said on Wednesday they had confirmed the first case of the highly transmissible South African variant of COVID-19, in an eSwatini national being treated in hospital.
The infection with the variant had been confirmed on Tuesday by laboratory test, the Central Epidemic Command Centre said.
The man in his 30s had arrived in Taiwan to work on Dec. 24 and began developing symptoms while in quarantine and was initially confirmed to have COVID-19 on Jan. 3, according to details previously released by the government.
The small southern African country of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is Taiwan’s only remaining diplomatic ally on the continent.