2021/02/02 14:42 Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung chairing a CECC briefing Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung chairing a CECC briefing (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed three new COVID-19 cases imported from the United States, Japan, and the Philippines on Tuesday (Feb. 2). The total number of coronavirus cases in Taiwan now stands at 915, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). Case No. 914 is a Taiwanese woman in her 60s who went to work in the U.S. in September and arrived back in Taiwan on Jan. 30. At the airport, she told the health authorities that after boarding the flight, she had diarrhea. While a first test proved negative, her second test on Tuesday was positive.
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Taipei, Feb. 2 (CNA) Taiwan reported three new imported cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday that originated in the United States, Japan and the Philippines, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
All three individuals had proof of a negative COVID-19 test result issued within three days of their flights to Taiwan, as required, the center said in a press release.
The person infected in the U.S. was a Taiwanese woman in her 60s who went there to work in September 2020 and returned to Taiwan on Jan. 30, 2021, CECC said.
The woman tested negative at the airport after notifying health authorities on arrival that she had diarrhea on her flight home, the center said, but was tested again Monday while in quarantine and the result came back positive on Tuesday.
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