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  • #16
    5th Case confirmed in Taiwan;


    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A woman from central Taiwan in her 50s is the country’s fifth confirmed case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Monday (Jan. 27).

    She went to work in the Chinese city of Wuhan in October and tested positive for the virus on Monday, CNA reported.

    According to cable station TVBS,she worked at the same location in Wuhan as Taiwan’s first case, announced on Jan. 21, and returned home to the island on the same flight the previous day. However, the two Taiwanese sat 20 rows apart, making it unlikely the contamination occurred during the flight, reports said....

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    "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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    • #17

      TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s eighth coronavirus patient is the husband of the fifth case, marking the first domestic infection for the country, the health authorities announced Tuesday (Jan. 28) evening.

      Just hours earlier, the island had raised the number of confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases from five to seven.

      The fifth case was a woman in her fifties from Central Taiwan who had gone to work in the Chinese city of Wuhan last October and returned home on Jan. 20.

      more..



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      • #18



        First native pneumonia case of new coronavirus infection in Taiwan



        Xinhua News Agency, Taipei, January 28 (Reporters Fu Shuangqi and Wu Jihai) The Taiwan Epidemic Epidemic Command Center held a press conference on the evening of the 28th and introduced that the eighth case of pneumonitis infected with a new type of coronavirus was diagnosed in Taiwan and was the family member of the fifth confirmed case. This is also the first case of indigenous infection in Taiwan.

        According to reports, the fifth patient diagnosed was a 50-year-old female from central Taiwan. She returned to Taiwan on January 20 this year. She developed fever and muscle soreness on the 25th and sought medical treatment. The diagnosis was confirmed on the 27th. The patient's husband presented with cough symptoms on January 26 and was diagnosed on the 28th after examination. He was diagnosed with cluster infection in the family. At present, the patient's condition is stable. Hospitals and health units have followed the relevant disposal procedures to carry out epidemic investigations and contact tracing.

        According to the statistics of the command center, as of 4 pm on the 28th, 52 new cases of severe special infectious pneumonia were reported in Taiwan. At present, a total of 578 cases have been reported, including 8 confirmed diagnoses and 321 excluded. The rest are in isolation.

        台湾出现首例新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎本土病例 ---台湾地区流行疫情指挥中心28日晚间举行记者会介绍,台湾确诊第8例新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎病例,为第5例确诊病例的家属,这也是台湾首例本土感染病例。

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        • #19


          An interesting map here showing air travel from Wuhan. It also give a figure of 7515 people entering Taiwan during the period Dec 20 to Jan 23, 2020 but this is disputed by Taiwan border affairs.
          "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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          • #20



            Pneumonia outbreak: Taiwan adds one new group of cases of new coronavirus pneumonia, with confirmed cases increasing to nine
            Reuters Staff

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            Taipei, Jan. 30-Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center said on Thursday that a new case of new coronavirus infection in a family cluster had been confirmed locally, bringing the number of confirmed cases to nine.

            Chen Shizhong, commander of the Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center, pointed out that this case is defined as family clustering and belongs to asymptomatic infection. It is a mild condition. As for the other eight cases, they are very stable and continue to progress. In addition, it also decided to comprehensively requisition and regulate the masks, which will be allocated to front-line official and medical units, and will control the price collected.

            Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said earlier that in response to the pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan, the stock exchange market will be stabilized, the impact of short-term psychological factors will be reduced, and counselling companies will be prepared to prevent epidemics, so that production energy and sales channels will not be affected.

            The National Health Committee of China said on Thursday that as of 24:00 on January 29, the cumulative deaths had increased from 38 to 170, and the number of confirmed cases had increased by more than 1,700. The first case was confirmed in Tibet. (End) (Reporter Dong Yongnian; Proofreader Yang Shuzheng)

            https://cn.reuters.com/article/%E8%8...-idCNL4S29Z2YV

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            • #21
              Source: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3867321

              Taiwan reports 9th case of Wuhan coronavirus
              9th case of China coronavirus reported from Taiwanese man who returned from Wuhan
              By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
              2020/01/30 18:46

              ...Chen said that at first, the man was experiencing a cough and runny nose but that he did not have a fever, which precluded him from requiring treatment at the time. As he believed he simply had a minor cold, he did not initially notify authorities.

              However, after his wife was diagnosed with the disease, the man sought medical treatment...

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              • #22
                Source: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/Bulletin/Deta...QKEAg?typeid=9

                The Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center reiterates: Anyone who disseminates false or epidemic prevention information will be strictly handled according to law


                Release date: 2020-01-30
                Recently, there have been many reports of serious and special infectious pneumonia outbreaks on the Internet. The Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center has searched the evidence and transferred it to the police for investigation. Please do not try the method yourself.

                Other messages about the spread of new Coronaviruses that can resist new coronaviruses, increase immunity, or the characteristics of new coronaviruses. Because severe special infectious pneumonia is an emerging infectious disease, the characteristics of new coronaviruses are still not fully understood in medicine. Related Information and treatment methods are still to be clarified. People are requested to follow the prevention and control measures announced by the command center. Do not repost unverified information to avoid affecting epidemic prevention and medical treatment. In addition, cosmetics, food labeling, publicity and advertising content that declares medical efficacy may constitute a violation of cosmetics and food related laws and regulations, and remind netizens to avoid breaking the law.

                The command center once again urged that during the establishment of the center, the relevant information such as the epidemic situation or the control measures will be announced by the command center. When receiving information on an epidemic situation or preventive measures of unknown or unproven origin, the public shall first check whether the content is true, and do not arbitrarily disseminate or retransmit the information to avoid violating Article 63 of the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases or Article 63 of the Law on Maintaining Social Order Article 1 (5). For information on "Severe Special Infectious Pneumonia", please refer to the CDC website (https://www.cdc.gov.tw) or call the toll-free epidemic prevention line 1922 or (0800-001922) for consultation.




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                • #23

                  TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan confirmed its 10th case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Friday (Jan. 31) as the husband of the ninth case in another domestic person-to-person infection.
                  "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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                  • #24
                    Taiwan confirms 10th case of coronavirus

                    febr 1, 2020 10th patient returned from China to Taiwan, later misdiagnosed on Jan. 22 with flu due to 'no symptoms' of pneumonia

                    A total of 10 cases of coronavirus that caused pneumonia have been confirmed so far in Taiwan, according to China's news agency.

                    The 10th patient had returned from Wuhan, China, the heart of coronavirus outbreak on Jan. 12, and was later misdiagnosed with flu on Jan. 22, with "no symptoms of pneumonia", Chinese news agency Xinhua on Friday reported, citing Taiwan's epidemic monitoring agency.

                    He went through further medical examination and the infection was confirmed after his wife, the 9th confirmed case, was found Thursday infected by a coronavirus.

                    Additionally, people who have close contacts with the couple were quarantined at home and no symptoms are currently found.
                    10th patient returned from China to Taiwan, later misdiagnosed on Jan. 22 with flu due to 'no symptoms' of pneumonia
                    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
                    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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                    • #25


                      snip...TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan on Tuesday (Feb. 4) announced its 11th confirmed case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was one of the Taiwanese businesspeople who was repatriated from Wuhan on Monday (Feb. 3)....
                      "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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                      • #26
                        Source: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2...ver-virus.html

                        Taiwan coronavirus cases rise to 13, self-isolation for returnees
                        KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS - 10 minutes ago - 21:13 | World, All

                        The number of confirmed cases of Wuhan coronavirus in Taiwan has increased to 13, while Taiwanese people who have visited China, Hong Kong or Macau in the past two weeks must now quarantine themselves at home for 14 days, the island's health officials said Thursday.

                        The newly confirmed cases are a man in his 40s who worked in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, last December, and a woman in her 20s who lived in the city. Both returned to Taiwan this week.

                        The Central Epidemic Command Center on Thursday also banned all cruise ships from calling in Taiwan ports after a mass outbreak on the Diamond Princess, which is currently quarantined in Yokohama, near Tokyo...

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                        • #27
                          Source: http://www.chinanews.com/tw/2020/02-06/9081699.shtml

                          3 new cases of pneumonia confirmed by new coronavirus infection in Taiwan
                          February 06, 2020 22:11 Source: China News Network

                          Chinanews.com, February 6. According to a report by the "Central News Agency" of Taiwan, the Taiwan Epidemic Epidemic Command Center announced today that Taiwan has added three new confirmed cases of pneumonia infected with a new type of coronavirus, and 16 people have been diagnosed in Taiwan. Has been discharged.

                          Chen Shizhong, commander of the Taiwan Epidemic Epidemic Command Center, said that two of the three were a retired couple. They transferred from Hong Kong to Europe on January 22 and then returned to Taipei from Hong Kong. Her husband was on January 26 and his wife was in January. She had symptoms on the 28th and had a fever after returning to Taiwan. She went to the doctor on the 4th and was diagnosed today.

                          Chen Shizhong said that another case was a visit to Macau from January 21st to 24th, and a return to Taiwan on January 24th. He was diagnosed after seeking medical treatment on the 3rd and 5th.



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                          • #28
                            Source: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202002060025

                            WUHAN VIRUS/Taiwan confirms 3 more Wuhan virus cases, bringing total to 16
                            02/06/2020 11:23 PM

                            Taipei, Feb. 6 (CNA) Three more Taiwanese were confirmed infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) late Thursday, just several hours after the country reported two new cases earlier in the day.

                            Of the three new cases, two are a married couple, both in their 50s, who transited through Hong Kong from Taiwan on Jan. 22 for Italy on vacation with two other family members, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said.

                            After their return trip on Feb. 1, also through Hong Kong, the couple developed a fever and subsequently sought medical attention, during which tests showed that they had contracted the novel coronavirus and are currently being quarantined, Chen said...

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                            • #29



                              Commander Chen Shizhong of the Command Center held a press conference in the evening and stated that two of the three were retired couples. They transferred from Hong Kong to Europe on January 22, and then returned to Taipei from Hong Kong. Her husband was on January 26 and his wife was on January 28. Symptoms. Fever after returning to Taiwan. He went to the doctor on the 4th and was diagnosed today.

                              He said that the life of the couple is very simple, and there is no Chinese relatives or Chinese travel history. According to research, it is most likely that the confined space of the aircraft transiting Hong Kong to a European destination was infected.


                              Chen Shizhong said that another case was a visit to Macau from January 21st to 24th, and returned to Taiwan on January 24th. He was diagnosed after seeking medical treatment on the 3rd and 5th. It should be infected in Macau. (Edit: Li Mingzong) 1090206

                              Wuhan pneumonia increased by 3 at night

                              (Cyber ​​News reporter Xu Zhiwei, Chen Weiting, Taipei, 6th) The Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center announced three more confirmed cases of pneumonia in Wuhan this evening. Two of them have transited in Hong Kong and one has traveled to Macau. The whole day includes two in the afternoon. A total of 5 cases were confirmed today, a single-day high.

                              The Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center held a press conference today. Commander Chen Shizhong, executive officer Zhou Zhihao, surveillance officer Zhuang Renxiang, and epidemic prevention physician Chen Wanqing attended the conference. The command center announced in the evening that three new cases of severe special infectious pneumonia were transferred overseas, plus two confirmed cases announced in the afternoon press conference. A total of five cases were confirmed today, a single-day high.

                              The command center's press release stated that the men and women in their 50s in the north were married couples. They transitioned from Hong Kong to Italy for tourism with two other family members on January 22 and returned to Taiwan from Hong Kong on February 1.

                              The command center stated that the two had coughs on January 26 and 28 respectively. The 50-year-old man had a fever when he returned to China. He was diagnosed with a cold on the same day as a doctor. Because his symptoms did not improve, he went to the doctor again on February 4. Reports on pneumonia; women in their 50s had no fever when they entered the country, and were diagnosed with a common cold when they went to the hospital on February 3, because their husbands reported on the 4th. The new coronavirus is currently being hospitalized and quarantined, and the family is undoubtedly symptomatic.

                              Another confirmed case was a female in her 40s in the south who traveled to Macau with three other family members from January 21 to 24. She had fever, chills, sore throat, runny nose, and walking wheezing on February 1. After the examination, the doctor did not meet the notification conditions. Therefore, he returned home after seeing the doctor. However, due to the persistence of symptoms, the patient was admitted to the negative pressure isolation ward on the 5th and was taken for inspection. The diagnosis was confirmed by the examination.

                              There are currently 16 confirmed cases in China, with a total of 1307 cases notified, including 16 confirmed diagnoses, 1166 excluded, 82 negative initial tests, and the rest to be tested. (Edit: Zhang Huan) 1090206

                              中央流行疫情指揮中心今天宣布,國內新增3例境外移入武漢肺炎病例,目前台灣共確診16人,其中1人已出院。


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                              • #30
                                In spite of there being no reported sustained h2h infection, Taiwan has been included in this advisory.


                                "Travellers from other parts of China and other specified areas


                                This advice applies to travellers who have returned to the UK from the following areas:
                                • China
                                • Thailand
                                • Japan
                                • Republic of Korea
                                • Hong Kong
                                • Taiwan
                                • Singapore
                                • Malaysia
                                • Macau

                                If you have returned to the UK from any of these areas in the last 14 days and develop symptoms of cough or fever or shortness of breath, you should immediately:
                                • stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with the flu
                                • call NHS 111 to inform them of your recent travel to the country In Scotland phone your GP or NHS 24 on 111 out of hours If you are in Northern Ireland, call 0300 200 7885.

                                Please follow this advice even if your symptoms are minor.."..
                                "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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