Taiwan records two new imported cases of COVID-19: CECC
ROC Central News Agency
11/18/2020 06:33 PM
Taipei, Nov. 18 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday reported two new cases of COVID-19, both imported, bringing the total number in the country to 607 since the outbreak started late last year, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.
The two patients were an Indonesian migrant worker in her 30s, who arrived in Taiwan on Nov. 12, and a Taiwanese man in his 60s, who returned from the United States on Nov. 11, the CECC said.
Two days after the Indonesian woman arrived, she started experiencing a sore throat and muscle aches, and she later developed a fever, while in quarantine, the CECC said in press release.
She was tested for COVID-19 on Nov. 16, and the result came back positive Wednesday, the CECC said.
In its contact tracing, the CECC said, it has asked the 46 passengers who were seated closest to the woman on the flight to Taiwan to remain in home isolation.
Another 23 people, including the flight crew and passengers who took the same bus to the quarantine center, have been advised to observe self-health management, the CECC said.
In the case of the Taiwanese man, who had been living in the U.S. for a year, he developed a mild fever, muscle aches, headaches, a runny nose and cough on Nov. 12, while he was in quarantine, and was tested on Nov. 16, the CECC said, adding that result came back positive Wednesday.
The CECC said 15 people who were on the same flight to Taiwan have been contacted, and some of them were required to remain in home isolation, while others have been asked to conduct self-health management.
To date, Taiwan has recorded 607 cases of COVID-19, with 515 classified as imported, according to CECC data.
Taiwan has not recorded a domestic infection since April 12, the data shows.
(By Chen Wei-ting and Joseph Yeh)
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