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2020/12/19 14:42 CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang announced four new imported coronavirus cases Saturday CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang announced four new imported coronavirus cases Saturday (CNA photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed four new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday (Dec. 19) from the United States, India, Indonesia, and Myanmar, to bring the total to 763 cases. According to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Case No. 761 is a male fishery worker from Indonesia in his 20s. He arrived in Taiwan for work on Dec. 1 and spent two weeks at a quarantine hotel before leaving and testing positive, though he remained asymptomatic throughout. Case No. 762 is a sailor from Myanmar in his 30s who arrived on Dec. 2. As in the previous case, the patient was asymptomatic and only received a positive result during his first COVID test after finishing his quarantine, the CECC said.
Virus Outbreak: CECC confirms four new imported COVID-19 cases
RETURNED TO PORT: The CECC is tracing the contacts of an Indian sailor who arrived in Taiwan in October and tested positive for COVID-19 infection on Wednesday
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported four new imported cases of COVID-19, including a sailor from India.
The sailor entered Taiwan nearly two months ago, but only recently returned to port and his contacts are being traced to ensure that the infection was not locally transmitted, the CECC said.
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the CECC’s spokesman, said that the man, who is in his 30s, arrived in Taiwan for work on Oct. 21.
Indonesia urges Taiwan to reconsider entry ban on its migrant workers
12/18/2020 12:29 PM
Benny Rhamdani / Photo courtesy of Indonesia s Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers
Jakarta, Dec. 18 (CNA) The Indonesian government on Thursday expressed disappointment at Taiwan s decision to indefinitely suspend the entry of Indonesian migrant workers, and it called for the policy to be reconsidered, saying it had recently been investigating health protocols at its manpower agencies.
Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) temporarily suspended the entry of Indonesian migrant workers on Dec. 4 amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases from the country.
On Wednesday, it announced that it was extending the restrictions indefinitely, as the Indonesian government had failed to address concerns about the accuracy of COVID-19 test results being issued to migrant workers.