COVID-19: Nineteen poultry workers suspected to have virusStaff writer, with CNANineteen workers at a poultry cooperative in New Taipei City are suspected to have COVID-19, the New Taipei City Government said yesterday. The suspected cases were on Friday found in a screening of 523 people working at the cooperative or having visited its premises. Workers at a meat market in New Taipei City’s Shulin District yesterday line up for rapid COVID-19 tests. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei TimesAmong the 19 suspected cases, two are Taiwanese and 17 were migrant workers, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said. Meanwhile, the city yesterday placed 78 migrant workers who had contact with the suspected cases in quarantine, Hou said.

Source: Taipei Times June 26, 2021 15:56 UTC