April 30, 2021
Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control because of early and effective prevention.
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TAIPEI - Taiwan began moving more than 400 people to a centralised quarantine facility on Thursday (April 29) from an airport hotel after a rare domestic outbreak of Covid-19, and will sterilise the entire hotel building.
Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control because of early and effective prevention, including largely closing its borders.
Most cases have been imported from abroad, though the island has reported sporadic domestic infections in recent months.
Since last week, it has reported Covid-19 infections in nine freighter pilots from Taiwan s largest carrier, China Airlines, some of whom had been staying at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel, which is now being evacuated.
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TAIPEI: Taiwan yesterday began moving more than 400 people to a centralised quarantine facility from an airport hotel after a rare domestic outbreak of Covid-19 and will sterilise the entire hotel building.
Taiwan has kept the pandemic under control and most cases have been imported, though it has reported sporadic domestic infections in recent months.
Since last week, it has reported Covid-19 infections in nine freighter pilots from Taiwan s largest carrier, China Airlines, some of whom had been staying at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel now being evacuated.
They are thought to have been infected overseas.
CECC focuses on foreign pilots as source of airport hotel COVID-19 cases
04/30/2021 07:57 PM
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Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (front, second left) arrives at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel on Thursday. Photo courtesy of a reader.
Taipei, April 30 (CNA) The search for the source of COVID-19 infections found at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel is now focused on pilots of foreign carriers who stayed there, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Friday.
Four employees at the hotel, which is partly used by Taiwan-based China Airlines and other carriers for their crew members, have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 as of Friday, but how they became infected remains unclear.
Amid new COVID-19 cases, Taoyuan tightens prevention measures
04/30/2021 07:26 PM
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Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (front, center) at the Taoyuan Airport MRT A14a station. CNA photo April 30, 2021
Taoyuan, April 30 (CNA) The Taoyuan City government will tighten face mask and other COVID-19 prevention measures after new cases were reported in the city in recent days, the city s mayor said Friday.
The city will strictly enforce the current rule that requires people to wear a face mask at public venues and gatherings and on public transportation through the end of May, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said at a city council meeting.
2021-04-30 14:36:14 GMT2021-04-30 22:36:14(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TAIPEI, April 30 (Xinhua) Three employees of Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel were confirmed infected with COVID-19 Friday, said the local monitoring agency for the disease.
This came after one of their colleagues tested positive on Thursday.
The three new cases are the latest ones linked to Taiwan-based China Airlines, whose crew members usually quarantine at the hotel after returning to the island.
Previously, 10 cargo pilots at the carrier and five of their family members were diagnosed with the virus.
The source of infections may also be overseas pilots who stayed in the hotel and cannot be solely traced to the pilots of China Airlines, the agency said.