Taipei, Jan. 31 (CNA) Medical institutions that refuse care to patients from Taoyuan General Hospital the source of a recent COVID-19 cluster infection and subject to "self-health management" will face legal sanctions, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦) said Sunday.
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Taiwan Reports First COVID-19 Death In Eight Months From Hospital Cluster
Taiwan fatality was from among cluster identified at General healthcare facility located in the northern city of Taoyuan. the patient was an 80 year old woman.
In nearly 8 months, Taiwan on January 29 reported the first COVID-related death since May, as the island started containment efforts to stem locally transmitted cases. The 80-year-old woman, with comorbidity, is identified as a part of the domestic cluster from a hospital and is the eight fatalities since the pandemic hit the region. The island sprang to enact health precautionary measures to curb the further spread of the coronavirus among its 24 million citizens after a domestic cluster was identified at Taoyuan General healthcare facility located in the northern city of Taoyuan. This spiked the total number of COVID-19 cases on the island to 19 as of January 30, of which 6 cases were imported. The total caseload of COVID-19 now
2021/01/28 17:40 Taiwan introduces restrictions on Lunar New Year holiday train seating (Wikimedia, mailer diablo photo) Taiwan introduces restrictions on Lunar New Year holiday train seating (Wikimedia, mailer diablo photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) during the Lunar New Year holiday, trains will introduce restrictions on the types of tickets they sell, reports said Thursday (Jan. 28). From Feb. 8 through Feb. 16, Taiwan High Speed Rail will not allow passengers to travel without reservations, temporarily suspending the practice of allowing non-reserved seats, UDN reported. On its express trains, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) will reduce the number of standing-only tickets to a maximum of 120 passengers per train.
Lo Yi-chun. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, Jan. 28 (CNA) Although it is still unknown how the two latest domestic COVID-19 cases in Taiwan became infected, genome sequencing has shown that one of them is linked to the cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) officials said Thursday.
The two cases, which were announced by the CECC on Sunday, are a husband and wife in their 60s. The husband was an inpatient at the hospital from Jan. 8-11 due to health problems unrelated to COVID-19, during which time his wife looked after him.
Over the weekend, both of them tested positive for COVID-19 after displaying symptoms, even though they had no known contact with any of the 13 previously confirmed cases linked to the hospital.