2021/05/08 14:28 CECC chief Chen Shih-chung CECC chief Chen Shih-chung (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed on Saturday (May 8) that an airline pilot inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a relative were infected with COVID-19. Together with three new imported cases, they brought the total for Taiwan to 1,183, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. Recent domestic infections have focused on China Airlines (CAL) pilots and staff at a Novotel hotel near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Case No.1183 was a pilot whose source of infection still had to be investigated, according to the CECC. He was a man in his 50s who had flown to Vietnam on April 19 and to Thailand on April 22. He had worked on simulation training with a pilot later confirmed as case No.1153.
2021/05/08 14:50 Socially distanced terraces in the Dutch city of Utrecht Socially distanced terraces in the Dutch city of Utrecht (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan confirmed on Saturday (May 8) three new COVID-19 cases imported from the Philippines and the Netherlands. Case No. 1180 is a female migrant worker from the Philippines in her 30s who arrived in Taiwan on April 23, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. During quarantine on May 5, she had a runny nose, and a test conducted on May 6 turned out positive. Case No. 1181 is a Filipino sailor in his 30s who arrived in Taiwan on April 21. His employer had him taken to a hospital in a custom vehicle for a test on May 6 at the end of his quarantine period.