All tests negative in contact tracing of two exported COVID-19 cases: CECC
ROC Central News Agency
08/22/2020 08:43 PM
Taipei, Aug. 22 (CNA) A total of 17 people, identified as contacts of two COVID-19 patients who were recent travelers from Taiwan, have all tested negative for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday.
Nucleic acid and serum tests were carried out on the 17 individuals in Taiwan, and they all came back negative for COVID-19, CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said at a press briefing in Taipei.
The contract tracing and testing was done by the CECC after two people who traveled recently from Taiwan to China and Vietnam, respectively, were confirmed to have COVID-19, Chuang said.
In the case of the Chinese patient, who traveled from Taipei to Shanghai on Aug. 14, eight contacts in Taiwan were identified and tested, Chuang said.
He said it was a peculiar case, because the patient was tested in Shanghai on five consecutive days, Aug. 15-19, and only the test on Aug. 17 was positive.
The CECC learned about the case when the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission issued a notice on Aug. 19, confirming eight new imported cases, including one from Taiwan, Chuang said.
In the case of the traveler to Vietnam, he had been working in Taiwan and returned home on Aug. 7, the CECC said, adding that it had traced nine contacts in Taiwan, all of whom tested negative for COVID-19.
The CECC said it was informed about the case by Taiwan's representative office in Vietnam.
(By Wu Hsin-yun and Ko Lin)
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