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People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus go through gates of a metro in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.
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Taiwan has reported 12 total cases of COVID-19 linked to a cluster of infections at a northern hospital, leading the country to stiffen some regulations to prevent further community spread.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung announced two new domestically transmitted cases on January 22, both linked to the cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital.
Taiwan went over eight months without a locally transmitted case of COVID-19 before a pilot for Taiwan’s EVA Air infected a Taiwanese woman in December. It has reported 12 cases in the hospital cluster since January 12.
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So successful had Taiwan been in handling the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic that just a week ago, Ralph Jennings was writing at Forbes of how the health minister, Chen Shih-chung, was talking about the possibility of a limited reopening of its borders. This island of just under 24 million had carefully controlled outside access, closing to flights from China and then other parts of world early on in the contagion’s spread in the spring of 2020.
2021/01/22 16:22 Stock image shows man hand positive COVID-19 test result to Saint Paul Catholic Hospital deputy director in Douala, Came. Stock image shows man hand positive COVID-19 test result to Saint Paul Catholic Hospital deputy director in Douala, Cameroon. (Reuters photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (Jan. 22) confirmed two new domestic and six imported cases of the Wuhan coronavirus. The cases, announced by CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), bring the country s total to 881. The latest imported cases include a man from Cameroon, the first person from that country to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in Taiwan, as well as a Taiwanese citizen and four migrant fisheries workers.
2021/01/22 18:06 TRA is toughening up its anti-coronavirus measures at railway stations TRA is toughening up its anti-coronavirus measures at railway stations (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) As a hospital cluster infection expanded further on Friday (Jan. 22), the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) announced it is banning gatherings at all its stations nationwide while maintaining a ban on eating while sitting on the floor at Taipei Rail Station. The main hall of the country’s largest station has become a popular weekend gathering place for Southeast Asian care workers, who gather with friends for indoor picnics on the marble floor. While the hospital cluster is in Taoyuan, rail stations in other cities have undergone thorough disinfection, with two rounds completed at Taipei Main Staton and in neighboring New Taipei City’s Banqiao, CNA reported. Social distancing at train station food