A worker disinfects the traditional market visited by COVID-19 patients. CNA photo Jan. 19, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Tuesday that of the new COVID-19 cases, one had visited a traditional market in Taoyuan, while another works at a Mos Burger outlet in the same city.
The two cases were both confirmed to have COVID-19 on Tuesday and are the husband and daughter of a nurse who works at Taoyuan General Hospital who tested positive for the disease a day earlier.
The husband and his wife went to Nanmen market in Taoyuan on Jan. 13 from 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., and again on Jan. 16 from 11:40 a.m.-12:35 p.m, said Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC.
Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) Four more domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases linked to Taoyuan General Hospital under the Ministry of Health and Welfare were confirmed on Tuesday, including a migrant worker with an unclear source of infection.
Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) The annual Taiwan Lantern Festival, slated for Feb. 26 to March 7 in Hsinchu, and several municipal versions have been canceled, due to an escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Taipei International Book Exhibition will be held later this month, as scheduled, officials announced Tuesday.