Taiwan confirms 3 new COVID-19 cases, all imported
ROC Central News Agency
04/11/2020 04:49 PM
Taipei, April 11 (CNA) Taiwan on Saturday reported three new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus, all classified as imported, bringing the total number in the country to 385 since the disease outbreak began at the end of December, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, told reporters that the three imported cases were Taiwanese nationals who returned recently from the United States and France.
One of them, a man in his 60s, returned from the U.S. April 10 and was confirmed Saturday to have contracted the virus, Chen said.
The patient, who had worked in the U.S. for a long time, and developed stomach problems March 31 in the U.S. and sought medical attention there, Chen said.
The second case is a man in his 70s, who also returned from the U.S. April 10 with symptoms that included a bad cough, Chen said.
On arrival in Taiwan, both men reported their health problems and were tested for COVID-19, Chen said.
The third case is a woman in her 20s, who returned April 3 from France, where she had been studying, according to Chen. During her home quarantine period after her arrival in Taiwan, she developed symptoms such as runny nose and fever and was tested on April 7, he said.
According to the CECC, 331 of the 385 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Taiwan were imported, and 54 were indigenous infections.
As of Saturday, Taiwan had reported six COVID-19 deaths and 99 recovered patients, while the others were still undergoing treatment, according to the CECC.
Globally, COVID-19 has infected 1,701,335 patients in more than 200 countries and regions, including 503,177 in the U.S., 158,273 in Spain, 147,577 in Italy, 124,869 in France and 122,717 in Germany, with a total of 102,830 fatalities, according to Worldometer COVID-19 data.
(By Chang Ming-hsuan, Wu Hsin-yun and Frances Huang)
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