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STAFF TESTED: The suspected cluster involves two imported cases who stayed in adjacent rooms during quarantine and carried the Delta strain of the coronavirusBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported a new suspected cluster of infections at a quarantine hotel in Taipei, saying classes at a preschool associated with the case would be suspended for two days to prevent infection. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said the suspected cluster involves two imported cases who quarantined in adjacent hotel rooms last month. The first case — No. 17,181 — is a Taiwanese man in his 30s who returned from China and quarantined in the hotel from Dec. 12 to 26. He tested positive — with a cy...
Taiwan yesterday reported 41 new imported COVID-19 cases, the highest number of such cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The 41 cases entered Taiwan between Dec. 16 last year and Thursday, including at least 34 Taiwanese, the CECC said, adding that the nationality of one man was “under investigation.” Twenty-five of the cases were classified as breakthrough infections, three involved people who were not vaccinated, and the status of the other 13 was under investigation, the CECC said. The 41 cases eclipsed the previous si...
Staff writer, with CNA /Taiwan yesterday reported 41 new imported COVID-19 cases, the highest number of such cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, the Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） said yesterday.
Fourteen imported cases of COVID-19, including a pilot of a Taiwan-based airline, were reported by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday, as the center’s head, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), said that Taiwan would not follow the US’ policy of shortening isolation and quarantine periods at this time. The 14 imported cases are 10 people who traveled from the US, and one each from Hong Kong, Germany, Thailand and Vietnam, Chen said. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical r...