2021/02/02 14:42 Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung chairing a CECC briefing Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung chairing a CECC briefing (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed three new COVID-19 cases imported from the United States, Japan, and the Philippines on Tuesday (Feb. 2). The total number of coronavirus cases in Taiwan now stands at 915, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). Case No. 914 is a Taiwanese woman in her 60s who went to work in the U.S. in September and arrived back in Taiwan on Jan. 30. At the airport, she told the health authorities that after boarding the flight, she had diarrhea. While a first test proved negative, her second test on Tuesday was positive.
2020/12/19 14:42 CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang announced four new imported coronavirus cases Saturday CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang announced four new imported coronavirus cases Saturday (CNA photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed four new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday (Dec. 19) from the United States, India, Indonesia, and Myanmar, to bring the total to 763 cases. According to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Case No. 761 is a male fishery worker from Indonesia in his 20s. He arrived in Taiwan for work on Dec. 1 and spent two weeks at a quarantine hotel before leaving and testing positive, though he remained asymptomatic throughout. Case No. 762 is a sailor from Myanmar in his 30s who arrived on Dec. 2. As in the previous case, the patient was asymptomatic and only received a positive result during his first COVID test after finishing his quarantine, the CECC said.