COVID-19 patient arrested after fleeing Taipei hospitalBy Tsai Ssu-pei and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter and staff writer, with CNATaipei police yesterday apprehended a COVID-19 patient after he allegedly escaped from a hospital isolation ward following a scuffle with officers. The man, surnamed Chen (陳), 71, was arrested at his residence in Wanhua District (萬華) hours after his flight from the hospital, a Taipei Police Department spokesman said. Photo: Chiu Chun-fu, Taipei TimesAs Chen was known to be infected with COVID-19, doctors placed him in a modular patient unit outside the hospital complex to await medical attention, he said. The hospital called the police and the responding officers subdued Chen after a short struggle, he said. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office had issued an arrest warrant for Chen in connection to an unrelated assault that occurred last month, he said.

Source: Taipei Times June 02, 2021 15:56 UTC