2021/01/13 18:58 Yaung Chih-liang Yaung Chih-liang (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday (Jan. 13) called on former Health Minister Yang Chih-liang (楊志良) to stop sabotaging the nation’s epidemic prevention with irresponsible remarks. According to media reports, a Taiwanese doctor recently diagnosed with COVID-19 had before his own diagnosis helped to intubate a patient suffering from the disease. The doctor s diagnosis has prompted speculation that he may have been infected by the patient. Yang, who served as health minister during former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s administration, sparked controversy when he said on a talk show that if he were the president of the hospital, he would fire any doctors who did not abide by standard operating procedures during intubations.
TAIPEI, Jan 13 Taiwan health authorities said today 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 yesterday by laboratory test, the Central.
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterStarting today, travelers who have been to South Africa or Eswatini within 14 days before entering Taiwan would be subject to centralized quarantine upon arrival, the Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） said yesterday, as it confirmed Taiwan’s first person infected with a new variant of COVID-19 circulating in South Africa.
Taipei, Jan. 13 (CNA) Taiwan reported four new imported COVID-19 cases on Wednesday one from India and three from Indonesia bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 842, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).