Taiwan - 2019-nCov - 489 cases, 7 deaths?

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3881582

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Indonesian caregiver of a man in his eighties who is Taiwan’s 27th case of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) has been diagnosed as the country’s 32nd patient, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced Wednesday (Feb. 26).

Since No. 27 was announced, his wife, two sons, and an 11-year-old grandson also tested positive for the virus. The boy probably contracted the virus during a visit to his grandfather in the hospital and later took classes at a cram school.

The CECC announced Wednesday that hospitals should demand visitors register before allowing them to meet patients.

[kiwibird]

Buxibans - cram schools - have not been closed like the ordinary day schools. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3869860

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The government is extending holiday leave for public schools in an attempt to contain the spread of China's coronavirus, but cram schools will be allowed to remain open with no face masks distributed to them, sparking fears that they could become a breeding ground for the deadly disease.

During a press conference on Sunday (Feb. 2), Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a suggestion that the first day of the spring semester be postponed for two weeks and that all missed classes be made up by students at the beginning of their initially scheduled summer vacation. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has affirmed this suggestion and announced that students will not return to school until Feb. 25, 10 days later than the originally proposed delay, and start summer vacation on July 15.

The MOE said that private cram schools, after-school programs, and private kindergartens will be allowed to remain open. It added that private kindergartens that have already started classes may proceed as usual and will receive 500,000 free child-sized masks from the government to ensure students' safety, reported Liberty Times.

However, the government did not announce any plans to distribute free masks to cram schools, known in Taiwan as "buxibans" (補習班), and after school programs. As for private kindergartens, Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) said that the masks should only be given to children showing respiratory symptoms and that the unused masks should be properly stored as an emergency backup....snip

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2020...c4784520.shtml

Taiwan confirms two more COVID-19 cases
2020-02-28 18:44:58Xinhua Editor : Li Yan ECNS

The total number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection cases in Taiwan has increased by two to 34, according to the island's epidemic monitoring agency Friday.

One new patient is a man in his 30s living in northern Taiwan who was suspected of being infected during his trip to Osaka of Japan from Feb. 17 to 22...
...Another patient, a woman in her 50s also living in northern Taiwan, has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 for low blood sugar and reported no respiratory symptoms at the time...

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3883136

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Five new cases of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed Saturday (Feb. 29), taking the total for Taiwan to 39, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

One of the new patients had visited Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, while the four others had been in contact with case No. 34 at a hospital in north Taiwan, including three members of the nursing staff and one cleaner, CNA reported. The four had first started coughing, and then sneezing before registering a fever, according to the CECC.

The 34th case was a 50-year-old woman suffering from diabetes and cardiovascular disease who had first been hospitalized on Feb. 14 for low blood pressure and fatigue. After which, she began to show symptoms of the virus a week later.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202002290008
WUHAN VIRUS/Taiwan records first COVID-19 hospital cluster cases (update)
02/29/2020 05:03 PM

Taipei, Feb. 29 (CNA) Taiwan has confirmed five new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including four who are believed to have been infected in a hospital, bringing the country's total number of cases to 39, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday.

Four of the new cases, including three nurses and one janitor, likely caught the virus through contact with the 34th case, who spent time in the hospital before being diagnosed, the CECC said...

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3883510

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan confirmed one more COVID-19 case in a 70-year-old woman repatriated from Japan after an ill-fated voyage on the Diamond Princess, bringing the total COVID-19 cases in Taiwan to 40, according to a statement put out by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Sunday (March 1).

CECC Commander Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said that the woman continued to stay on the cruise ship after it arrived in Japan on Feb. 4. She had no symptoms of respiratory illness but tested positive for the new coronavirus on Feb. 15, and so was isolated in a hospital in Japan for treatment. Chen said that after she tested negative for the virus twice, she was released from the hospital and took a flight home.

Chen said that the woman wore a face mask on the flight and no passengers sat within two rows of her. When she arrived in Taiwan, she was escorted to a hospital for isolation and screening. After she tested positive three times, she was today confirmed to still have the virus.

All the medical professionals who came into contact with the woman wore protective gear; therefore, none of them have been required to undergo screening. The woman’s husband tested negative in Japan on Feb. 7, and he is currently being quarantined in a Japanese hotel, Chen added.

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/fron.../02/2003731903

Virus Outbreak: CECC confirms 40th coronavirus case
CAUTION:A woman tested positive in her third examination, though with a low viral load, the center said as it raised its alert level for Iran due to a high number of deaths
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced a new confirmed case of COVID-19 infection in Taiwan and raised its travel advisory for Iran to a level 3 “warning,” urging people to avoid unnecessary travel due to the increased risk of infection there.

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, said the nation’s 40th confirmed case is a woman in her 70s who lives in northern Taiwan and was a passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise ship...

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3883919

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A young woman became the 41st person in Taiwan to be diagnosed with the Wuhan Coronavirus on Monday (March 2).

Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) Commander Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) on Monday announced that Taiwan's latest confirmed case of novel conoravirus (COVID-19) is the daughter of the 34th case, reported CNA. He said that the CECC now believes this case to be part of a cluster.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202003020024

WUHAN VIRUS/Taiwanese woman on same flight with COVID-19 patient hospitalized
03/02/2020 10:03 PM

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) A member of a Taiwanese tour group traveling to Israel that flew on the same plane as an Israeli citizen infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been hospitalized with a respiratory illness after returning to Taiwan on Monday.

The 11-member tour group flew from Taipei to Istanbul on Feb. 27 and then from Istanbul to Tel Aviv on Turkish Airlines flight TK784 early on the morning of Feb. 28.

The Israeli passenger also took flight TK784 on his return to Israel from Japan, after having presumably recovered from his novel coronavirus infection developed on the ill-fated Diamond Princess cruise ship...

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3884547

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) —Taiwan's authorities on Tuesday (March 3) accused Chinese Internet trolls of spreading misinformation over the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) and prosecuted a Taiwanese national for reposting the misinformation in an online forum.

Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has launched an investigation into the source of the misinformation, which describes the island country as having an out-of-control epidemic. On Tuesday, it released the names of social media users who have maliciously spread false messages or memes that give the impression that the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is trying to cover up an outbreak

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[Shiloh]

Source: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202003050018


WUHAN VIRUS / Taiwan confirms two new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 44
03/05/2020 11:20 PM

Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Thursday confirmed two new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, involving a woman who was likely infected by the 39th case and a man who returned from the Philippines on Tuesday.

At a press conference, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said the 43rd case is a northern Taiwan woman in her 50s who attended floral arrangement classes with the 39th case of the virus, who was diagnosed Feb. 29 after returning from a trip to Dubai and Egypt on Feb. 21...

...The 44th case, meanwhile, involves a northern Taiwan man in his 30s, who traveled to the Philippines between Feb. 28 and March 3.

According to the timeline provided by the CECC, the man began suffering from abdominal pain and diarrhea in the Philippines on Monday, and developed a sore throat and fatigue after returning to Taiwan on Tuesday...

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3891396

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The latest case of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), the 45th for Taiwan, was the eighth in a hospital cluster outbreak centered on patient No. 34, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced Friday (March 6).

The newest patient, a woman in her 50s, had stayed at the same hospital as No. 34 from Feb. 14 through 20 for unrelated treatment. On March 1 and March 5, she underwent tests just like other patients who had stayed close to No. 34, which led to her being diagnosed as a coronavirus case Friday, CNA reported.

She had no recent history of travel either domestically or overseas, according to the CECC. The woman had been taken in to a negative pressure isolation ward.

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[Shiloh]

Source: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202003080011

DNA test shows Taiwanese woman likely caught COVID-19 in Egypt
03/08/2020 07:57 PM

Taipei, March 8 (CNA) Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Sunday said DNA testing showed that a Taiwanese woman was most likely infected with the COVID-19 virus while traveling in Egypt last month and not necessarily the source of infection for 12 workers on a Nile cruise.

According to the CECC, the female patient, the 39th confirmed COVID-19 case in Taiwan, was traveling with a tour group to Dubai and Egypt from Jan. 29 to Feb. 21...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/fro.../11/2003732468

Wed, Mar 11, 2020 page1
Virus Outbreak: Two new virus cases bring total to 47
IMPORTED? One of the new cases is a man who visited the Netherlands on a business trip last week and a contact investigation has been launched to trace his movements
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday confirmed two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 47 in Taiwan.

One of the new cases is a relative of a previous case and the other is a man who tested positive after returning from a business trip to the Netherlands, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.

The former is a man in his 20s living in northern Taiwan, who is the son of the nation’s 34th case and the brother of the nation’s 41st case, and had tested negative twice after his mother was confirmed to have COVID-19 on Feb. 28, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said...

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3895666

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Thursday afternoon (March 12) announced that the country's 49th confirmed case of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) was a woman who just returned from a trip to Ireland and Belgium.

During a press conference on Thursday, Health and Welfare Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said that a woman in her 40s from northern Taiwan on Feb. 21 flew from Taiwan to the UK, where she transferred flights to begin a trip to Ireland. On March 4 she then took a plane to Belgium, where stayed three days.

On March 7, she took a flight to Turkey and returned to Taiwan on March 8. When she first arrived in Taiwan, she was not presenting any symptoms.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202003140009


CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 infections rise to 53 in Taiwan with confirmation of 3 new cases
03/14/2020 06:39 PM

Taipei, March 14 (CNA) Three new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease have been confirmed in Taiwan, all of which are believed to have been imported, bringing the total number in the country to 53, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday.

The three patients are all men in their 30s, two Taiwanese and one Dutch, and they have recent history of travel to Europe, said Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) at a press briefing at which he also announced that air travelers from 27 European countries who board their planes after 2 p.m. Saturday (Taiwan time) will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival in Taiwan...