Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) Taiwan s health authorities on Wednesday released information on locations recently visited by three COVID-19 cases in a cluster infection in Taoyuan, including a seafood restaurant and a McDonalds outlet, in a bid to alert people who may have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus.
The three domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, all linked to the cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital, involve a nurse, her daughter and husband, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who also heads the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
VIGILANCE: While two of the cases are family members of a nurse, there is no sign of community spread and the source of infection is identifiable, the CECC saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
CECC reports four more Taoyuan cases
VIGILANCE: While two of the cases are family members of a nurse, there is no sign of community spread and the source of infection is identifiable, the CECC said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported four new domestic COVID-19 cases associated with a cluster infection at a Taoyuan hospital.
Since the first case was identified on Tuesday last week, five healthcare workers two doctors and three nurses at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Taoyuan General Hospital have tested positive for the virus.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that two of the four new cases are the husband and daughter of a nurse (case No. 863) who had earlier been confirmed to have COVID-19.