High alert as flight from London lands
NEW VIRUS STRAIN: Chunghwa Post Co said that from today it would no longer deliver or accept airmail or packages to and from the UK due to a lack of flights
By Wu Liang-yi / Staff reporter, with CNA
Maximum disease prevention measures were taken by ground staff as passengers arriving in Taiwan on a China Airlines (CAL, 中華航空) flight from London were last night sent to three quarantine centers in the greater Taipei area, Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission Director Wang Pi-sheng (王必勝) said.
Upon landing at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the 114 passengers on Flight CI-82 90 Taiwanese, one Chinese and 23 foreign nationals were led to an airport lounge and greeted by ground staff wearing masks and protective suits, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
Virus Outbreak: Cluster infection suspected on plane
‘LIKELY SOURCE’: A crew member from New Zealand did not wear a mask during a flight and said he did not have any COVID-19 symptoms, but was reportedly coughing
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported three new cases of COVID-19, including two airline employees.
The two flew on the same plane as a Taiwanese pilot who was confirmed to have COVID-19 on Friday, indicating a cluster of infections in the flight cabin, the CECC said.
The pilot, case No. 760 in the nation, flew to the US on Dec. 12, returned on Wednesday, began showing symptoms during quarantine at the airline’s dormitory and tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the CECC’s spokesman.
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.