By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday confirmed a fifth case of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection, urging people returning from China to cooperate with quarantine officers conducting health checks in airports. The new patient was one of the people being monitored for possible infection, said Chen, who also heads the command center. While the woman took the same plane back to Taiwan as the first confirmed case, she is likely to have been infected in Wuhan, rather than by the other passenger, Chuang said. “We are warning that anyone who refuses to cooperate with our quarantine officers or is disrespectful toward them will be strictly punished according to the law,” he said. “Disease prevention is not a game, so we will impose the heaviest punishment for obstructing public officers in discharging their duties,” he added.
