COVID-19: Preschool cluster confirmed as Delta variantCOMPLICATED: Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said the 10 preschool cases shared a genome sequence, but that it differed from the aircrew cluster’s sequenceBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterA cluster of 23 infections at a preschool in New Taipei City have been confirmed as being from the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei TimesThe first case in the preschool cluster was reported on Sunday, a preschool teacher, while several preschool students and their family members tested positive in the following days, he said. Chen said that 1,013 close contacts of the preschool cluster have been placed in home isolation and 49 are practicing self-health management. Among them, 358 have tested negative, 22 have tested positive and 633 are waiting for their results, he said. Genome sequencing on virus samples collected from 10 cases in the preschool cluster showed that they are all infected with the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, he added.

Source: Taipei Times September 08, 2021 15:56 UTC