Taiwan confirms 1 new imported case of COVID-19
ROC Central News Agency
02/17/2021 03:51 PM
Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday confirmed one new imported case of COVID-19 involving a Taiwanese woman living in the U.S. who returned to Taiwan in November 2020 and recently tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The woman in her 50s began to suffer from a sore throat Oct. 17 last year. She tested positive for COVID-19 in the U.S. last Oct. 21 and was isolated at home, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who also heads the CECC.
She tested negative for COVID-19 twice, on Nov. 14 and Nov. 18, respectively, Chen said.
The woman returned to Taiwan on Nov. 27 last year to visit her relatives and went into quarantine immediately after arrival. She was asymptomatic but got a self-paid COVID-19 test Feb. 15 as she wanted to leave Taiwan. Her test results came back positive Wednesday, according to Chen.
Seven of the contacts with whom the woman had are under home quarantine, while five others are under self-health management, Chen added.
To date, Taiwan has recorded 938 cases of COVID-19, 822 of which have been classified as imported. Of the total, 879 have recovered, nine have died and 50 are in hospital, according to CECC statistics as of Wednesday.
(By Evelyn Kao)
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