2020/12/31 15:17 (Getty Images) (Getty Images) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan on New Year s Eve reported two new imported coronavirus cases and its second imported case of the new mutant COVID-19 strain from the UK. The new strain, identified as B.1.1.7, has been found to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than the original version that came out of Wuhan, China, last year. On New Year s Eve, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) announced two new imported cases of Wuhan coronavirus and explained that a previously reported case has tested positive for the new mutant variant of the virus first detected in the U.K., the second such case in Taiwan.
2020/12/29 14:40 Chuang Jen-hsiang. (CDC photo) Chuang Jen-hsiang. (CDC photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday (Dec. 29) announced two new cases of Wuhan coronavirus, including an Indian man who tested positive after his quarantine ended, bringing the total number of imported cases to 700. During a press conference on Tuesday, CECC Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) announced two imported COVID-19 infections, raising Taiwan s total to 795, including 700 imported cases. The latest cases were imported from the Philippines and the U.S. Each had submitted negative results of tests taken within three days of their flight, and each was sent directly to an epidemic hotel upon arrival in Taiwan.
2020/12/18 14:45 Nurses swab patients during testing for COVID-19. Nurses swab patients during testing for COVID-19. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (Dec. 18) announced two new cases of Wuhan coronavirus imported from the U.S. During a press conference on Friday, CECC Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) announced two imported COVID-19 infections, raising Taiwan s total to 759. The latest cases are both Taiwanese women who recently returned from the U.S. Each had submitted negative results of tests taken within three days of their flight, and each was sent directly to an epidemic hotel upon arrival in Taiwan.
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