Taipei, July 17 (CNA) Twelve frozen desserts and iced beverages sold in Taipei failed sanitation re-tests in a recent round of product inspections, resulting in fines of at least NT$30,000 (US$967) being issued to the stores or restaurants stocking them, the local health department said Monday.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 11 local COVID-19 cases, including seven linked to a cluster involving workers at a quarry in northern Kaohsiung, and a janitor at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the janitor initially tested negative while isolating after cases among airport workers were detected last month.
She also tested negative in a regular test after her release from isolation on Jan. 21, Chen added.
She tested positive on Friday with a relatively high cycle threshold value and is to undergo another test to confirm the
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 26 new domestic cases of COVID-19, 22 of which are linked to previously reported clusters and four whose infection source is unknown.
Sixteen cases were reported in Taoyuan, six in Taipei and four in New Taipei City, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
The 22 cases are all linked to recorded clusters and tested positive during quarantine, he added.
Regarding the Taoyuan cases, Chen said that seven are migrant workers of Askey Computer Corp (亞旭) in the Farglory Free Trade Zone (遠雄自由貿易港區).
On Sunday, they tested negative and were
HOTEL CLUSTER SUSPICION: The CECC is to ask 198 people who quarantined at three sites in Kaohsiung to re-enter quarantine and get tested again, the health minister saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter