CECC confirms new local infection, three importedStaff writer, with CNAThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported one new domestically transmitted case of COVID-19 and three imported cases. A Taiwanese woman in her 40s who was listed as a contact of a nurse at Taoyuan General Hospital — the center of a cluster infection that broke out on Jan. 12 — tested positive yesterday, the center said. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. The three imported cases involved travelers from the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and the US, the center said. A Taiwanese in his 20s who lives in the US arrived with three family members on Jan. 13 — all with negative COVID-19 test results, the center said.

Source: Taipei Times February 05, 2021 15:56 UTC