CECC says low risk of community infection
CALMING FEARS: Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang said people who had contact with the first local case in months tested negative
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Taiwan is not at high risk of community infections, despite the emergence of its first domestic case of COVID-19 in eight months and a virus variant from the UK last month, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
On New Year’s Eve, the center reported two new imported cases of COVID-19.
Case No. 799 is a Briton in his 70s who entered Taiwan on Dec. 18 to visit relatives, the center said.
Two new imported cases of COVID-19
BAFFLING CASE: Case No. 790 tested negative for IgM and positive for IgG, indicating that a second positive was probably from his August infection, not a new one
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced two imported cases of COVID-19 in arrivals from the Philippines and the US.
Each provided a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result before boarding a flight to Taiwan and neither showed COVID-19 symptoms, the center said.
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesperson, said that one of the cases is a Filipino in his 30s who arrived for work on Dec. 14.