New COVID-19 case leads to Taipei elementary school class suspensions
ROC Central News Agency
10/06/2021 04:32 PM
Taipei, Oct. 6 (CNA) A co-pilot at a Taiwanese airline was one of five imported COVID-19 cases confirmed Wednesday, leading to the suspension of classes at the two elementary schools attended by her children as a precautionary measure, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) and Taipei City government's Department of Health.
The co-pilot, a woman in her 40s, is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, having received a second dose of the Moderna vaccine in early August, CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said at the daily COVID-19 press briefing.
She was on assignment to Anchorage, Alaska from Sept. 23-26, and quarantined for five days at the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel on returning, where she tested negative for COVID-19 on Oct. 1.
The woman returned home on Oct. 2, flew to and from Singapore on Oct. 3, and spent Oct. 4 at home, Chuang said.
She tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 5. Although the test results indicate the infection is very recent, the CECC is unsure whether she contracted the disease in the United States or in Singapore, Chuang said.
Four of the co-pilot's family members and two of her colleagues have tested negative for COVID-19, Chuang said.
Her two children are both students in Taipei, with one studying at Jian An Elementary School in the city's Da'an District and the other at Wanfang Elementary School in Wenshan District.
Their classes have been suspended as a precaution, affecting 56 students in total, Zhang Hui-mei (張惠美), who heads the disease control division of Taipei's Department of Health, told reporters.
In Taiwan, flight crew are required to quarantine for fewer than the standard 14 days required for ordinary travelers.
Those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have to quarantine for five days after returning to Taiwan from a long-haul flight, and then follow enhanced self-health management guidelines for nine days, during which they are not permitted to take public transportation or visit crowded areas.
They also have to be tested for COVID-19 on the fifth, ninth and 14th day after their return to Taiwan.
Vaccinated flight crew on short-haul flights, meanwhile, are required to follow self-health management guidelines for seven days, which involves a ban on group dining and large-scale gatherings.
They have to be tested for COVID-19 on the seventh and 14th day after returning to Taiwan.
(By Chen Yu-ting, Chen Chieh-ling, and Chiang Yi-ching)
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