The chance that two pilots who on Monday tested positive for COVID-19 caught the virus while in Taiwan was very slim, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday reported the confirmed cases No. 1,078 and No. 1,079, two cargo plane pilots at a local airline, who on Wednesday last week flew on the same plane to the US.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is CECC spokesperson, on Tuesday said that the source of infection is under investigation, adding that they might have caught the virus
Two Taiwanese airline pilots test positive: CECC
ADVERSE EVENTS: The center said that one man in his 60s experienced respiratory symptoms 16 days after vaccination, and is being treated in an intensive care unit
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Two Taiwanese pilots have tested positive for COVID-19, while 3,802 people have made appointments for out-of-pocket vaccinations this week, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
The two men, in their 50s and 60s, who fly cargo planes for a local airline, tested positive on Monday evening, said Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman.
Companies can from Monday book appointments for self-paid COVID-19 group vaccinations, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
Taiwan’s rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, of which more than 32,000 doses had been administered as of Friday, began on March 22, with the first four groups on the vaccination priority list having been eligible since Wednesday.
Taiwan has received 316,200 doses of the vaccine in two batches, with expiration dates on May 31 and June 15 respectively.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman, said that 2,234 people on Friday received a shot, bringing