COVID-19: No new cases from pilots’ families, contacts: CECCTHOUSANDS TESTED; A pilot’s son is the only comfirmed case from the airline cluster, as the student body at the boy’s school has tested negative, the CECC saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported two locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, four imported cases and no deaths, adding that no new cases linked to an aircrew cluster have been found. The man began experiencing a fever, headache, fatigue and coughing on Wednesday last week, sought treatment on Saturday and tested positive for COVID-19, he said. Meanwhile, Chen said that testing on 315 close contacts of two previously confirmed vaccine breakthrough infections — Taiwan-based airline pilots who tested positive on Friday — has been completed. One of the pilot’s sons tested positive last week, while 269 others tested negative and 45 are waiting for results, Chen said. All 224 close contacts of the son and 2,656 students at his school also tested negative, he said.

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