2021/01/29 12:24
(Facebook, Van Don International Airport photo)
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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Out of 100 new local cases in a coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam announced on Friday (Jan. 29), 84 were reportedly employees of a Taiwanese-owned factory.
On Friday, Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced that 84 employees of the Taiwanese-owned Vietnam Poyun Electronics Co. (珀韻) factory in Hai Duong Province had tested positive for COVID-19 that day, reported VnExpress. The ministry fears the latest outbreak in Hai Duong, which is 57 kilometers east of Hanoi, could be worse than the one that occurred in Da Nang last July.
One Poyun employee in New Taipei City's Zhonghe District told CNA the company had been notified of the incident but that none of the cases in Vietnam had recently been to Taiwan. The Taiwanese managers at the factory in Vietnam are said to be observing local epidemic prevention measures.