The Taipei City Government yesterday said that it would allow the Eid al-Fitr celebrations next month at the Taipei Grand Mosque to proceed, but would not rule out canceling them if the COVID-19 situation worsens.
Taipei Deputy Mayor Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) announced the decision after three people with COVID-19 were confirmed to have attended an event at the mosque on April 16.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday last week announced the three cases two China Airlines cargo plane pilots and one of the pilots’ son and said they had joined the event, which was attended by more
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COVID-19: Two more pilots test positive
SCREENING: Both pilots had low cycle threshold values, while one of them produced conflicting PCR test results and further testing might be needed, Chen Shih-chung said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Two more China Airlines (CAL, 華航) cargo pilots have been diagnosed with COVID-19, adding up to seven pilots diagnosed with the virus over the past week, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported yesterday.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that one of the new cases No. 1,100 is a Taiwanese man in his 50s.
He tested positive during a screening of the close contacts of a case reported in Australia an Indonesian CAL pilot, Chen said.
2021/04/23 14:13 CECC head Chen Shih-chung. (YouTube, CECC screenshot) CECC head Chen Shih-chung. (YouTube, CECC screenshot) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (April 23) announced two new local cases of COVID-19 who, along with an infected pilot, went to the Taipei Grand Mosque on April 16. Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced the infections at a press conference. The latest local cases are tied to an Indonesian cargo pilot who had just been diagnosed overseas. The CECC announced that on Wednesday (April 21), it received notice from an airline that an Indonesian cargo pilot in his 40s had flown to Australia Tuesday (April 20). Once there, he began to experience a sore throat and soon tested positive for COVID-19.