Four people who tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week were infected with the UK variant, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, urging people to get vaccinated as early as possible, as the AstraZeneca vaccine is about 70 percent effective against the variant.
The center reported seven cases of COVID-19 among China Airlines cargo pilots in the past week: two Taiwanese on Tuesday; two Indonesians on Friday, including one who tested positive in Australia; a Taiwanese on Saturday; and two more Taiwanese yesterday.
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy chief of the CECC’s medical response
Fifth pilot confirmed with virus
EXPANDED TESTING: The CECC is investigating the source of infection and has identified 14 close contacts of the pilot, who last flew to Japan before testing positive
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Another airline pilot has been diagnosed with COVID-19, and a man who was found dead during quarantine last week was also infected, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported yesterday.
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman, said the pilot was screened in an expanded testing program on Thursday and his test came back positive.
He is the fifth China Airlines (CAL, 華航) cargo plane pilot to test positive for COVID-19 over the past week.
Man develops facial palsy after vaccination
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported the nation’s first case of a person developing facial palsy after receiving an AstraZeneca jab against COVID-19 on Wednesday.
It was not a self-paid vaccine and the clinic where the man received the shot is closely following the case, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC spokesman.
Citing insurance data, Chuang said that the rate of facial palsy occurring in individuals aged 18 to 49 was 55.31 per 100,000 per year.
Academia Sinica President James Liao speaks at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Education and Culture Committee yesterday.