Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, Jan. 25 (CNA) Taiwan health officials said Monday that they have not yet identified how the two latest domestic COVID-19 cases became infected, though they will conduct more tests to try to determine the infection source.
The two cases, which were announced by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Sunday, are a husband and wife in their 60s. They are the latest cases linked to a cluster infection at the Taoyuan General Hospital, where 15 domestic COVID-19 cases have been reported to date.
According to the CECC, the husband was an inpatient at the hospital from Jan. 8-11 due to health problems unrelated to COVID-19, during which time his wife looked after him.
Apple chip producer TSMC has started to instruct workers who visited a hospital in Taiwan to isolate themselves for two weeks, as well as preventing them from entering a factory used to produce Apple s processors.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to take up self-isolation for weeks at a time, to prevent the spread of the virus. In one instance of an outbreak at a hospital in Taiwan, TSMC is stepping in to make sure it doesn t affect production at all.
The Central Epidemic Command Center of Taiwan announced on Sunday that anyone who visited the Ministry of Taoyuan Hospital for medical treatment or consultation from January 6 to January 19 will have to isolate themselves for 14 days. Close to 5,000 people are expected to be affected by the isolation order, which also involves an inspection and a week of health management before returning to their normal lives.
Apple chip producer TSMC has started to instruct workers who visited a hospital in Taiwan to isolate themselves for two weeks, as well as preventing them from entering a factory used to produce Apple s processors.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to take up self-isolation for weeks at a time, to prevent the spread of the virus. In one instance of an outbreak at a hospital in Taiwan, TSMC is stepping in to make sure it doesn t affect production at all.
The Central Epidemic Command Center of Taiwan announced on Sunday that anyone who visited the Ministry of Taoyuan Hospital for medical treatment or consultation from January 6 to January 19 will have to isolate themselves for 14 days. Close to 5,000 people are expected to be affected by the isolation order, which also involves an inspection and a week of health management before returning to their normal lives.
Anyone visiting a local hospital has been told not to go to work.
A new cluster of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan has seen Apple chipmaker TSMC warn employees not to come into work if they ve been to a specific hospital.
According to a Patently Apple report, TSMC told employees who have been to the Ministry of Taoyuan Hospital that they aren t allowed into the plant. This is all because the hospital has become the center of a new cluster of COVID-19 cases.
The Central Epidemic Command Center announced yesterday that contacts related to Taoyuan from the 6th to the 19th will have to now live in isolation for 14 days. It is estimated that nearly 5,000 people will be enrolled in the quarantine period. They will be inspected and undergo 7 days of independent health management.
Taoyuan cancels school activities
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Staff writer, with CNA
Extracurricular winter sessions at all schools in Taoyuan have been canceled with immediate effect, as the city battles a community cluster of COVID-19 cases that has now reached 15, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said yesterday.
School facilities will not be available for winter camps or any other activities, such as volunteer group or student club meetings, Cheng said, after the city on Sunday recorded two more cases in the COVID-19 cluster that started at Taoyuan General Hospital.