The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported two cases of COVID-19, a China Airlines pilot and his wife, bringing the number of cases linked to a quarantine hotel in Taoyuan to 31.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that case No. 1,183 the pilot, who is in his 50s flew to Vietnam and back on April 19, and to Thailand on April 22.
On Sunday last week, he conducted the flight simulator training, which was attended by case No. 1,153, who was confirmed on Tuesday.
Case No. 1,183 tested negative for the virus
COVID-19: Infected diplomats, group of 44 arrive from India
EVACUATION: Two diplomats arrived on a chartered flight arranged by their insurance firm, while 44 people, including three foreigners, arrived on a flight via Japan
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter, with CNA
Two Taiwanese diplomatic personnel infected with COVID-19 have returned from India for treatment, while 44 other people separately returned on a Japan Airlines flight, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India has reported six confirmed COVID-19 cases two diplomats and four Indian employees with one of them seriously ill.
The center’s deputy director-general is reportedly among the patients, although the ministry on Wednesday said it could not divulge the patients’ identities.
China Airlines, hotel cluster from three sources, CECC says
By Yang Yuan-ting / Staff reporter, with CNA
The COVID-19 cluster involving employees of China Airlines and the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel can be traced to three sources, which are all linked to a virus variant imported from the UK, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
The CECC has completed genome sequencing of the viruses which have infected 29 people in the cluster, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division.
There are three different genetic sequences, meaning there are three different sources of infection connected to the cluster, he said, adding that all three are linked to a virus variant from the UK.