Taiwan curbs new infection cluster to prevent COVID community outbreak 05/03/2021 03:42 PM Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中). CNA photo May 3, 2021 Taipei, May 3 (CNA) Taiwan is stepping up contact tracing and other containment measures as a jump in new domestic COVID-19 cases related to a Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport quarantine hotel fanned fears of a wave of community infections, according to Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). As the number of COVID-19 cases linked to China Airlines (CAL) and Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport where many CAL flight crew members stay for quarantine after arriving in Taiwan has risen to 24, the key to preventing community infections is to contain the outbreak in the hotel, Chen said Monday morning in a radio show.