Two new imported cases of COVID-19 recorded in Taiwan
ROC Central News Agency
11/19/2020 07:21 PM
Taipei, Nov. 19 (CNA) Taiwan reported two new imported cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number in the country to 609 since the pandemic began late last year, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
One of the patients was a flight attendant in her 20s, who arrived on foreign airline from Turkey on Nov. 10 and checked into a quarantine hotel, the CECC said.
She was scheduled to return to Turkey on Nov. 13 but developed muscle aches and a fever on Nov. 12 and was taken to hospital the following day, CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said at a press briefing.
The woman was tested for COVID-19 on Nov. 16 and the results came back positive Thursday, he said.
The other case is an Indonesian woman in her 20s who was found to have a fever when she arrived in Taiwan on Nov. 17 to work, Chuang said.
She told health authorities at the airport that she was experiencing fatigue, body aches and abdominal pain, he said, adding that when she was tested for COVID-19, the results came back positive on Thursday.
To date, Taiwan has recorded 609 cases of COVID-19, 517 of which have been classified as imported.
Of the total, 545 patients have recovered, seven have died, and 57 are in the hospital, according to CECC statistics as of Thursday.
(By Chang Ming-hsuan and Evelyn Kao)
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