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Taipei, May 10 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has ordered that all China Airlines (CAL) pilots who are currently overseas fly back to Taiwan to undergo 14 days of quarantine in a tightening of its COVID-19 protocols.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, announced the new measure at a regular press conference Monday as the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases involving CAL pilots and an airport hotel that houses a CAL dormitory increased to 35.
"We worry there's a (virus) transmission chain within CAL that has not yet been detected," said Chen, who along with his team has been unable to pinpoint the sources of the CAL pilots' infections since they began on April 20.