COVID-19 ruled out in quarantine deathCAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION: The Taipei resident, a diabetic, had been quarantining at her younger brother’s home after returning on Aug. 30 from a business trip to ChinaBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterA woman under home quarantine who was found dead in Kaohsiung’s Meinong District (美濃) on Saturday afternoon did not have COVID-19, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The woman, in her 50s, was put under home quarantine after she arrived at Kaohsiung International Airport from China on Aug. 30, Kaohsiung Department of Health Director-General Huang Chih-chung (黃志中) said. Kaohsiung Department of Health Director-General Huang Chih-chung speaks to reporters in the city yesterday. Photo: Fang Chih-hsien, Taipei TimesThe woman, a healthcare professional and Taipei resident, was allowed to quarantine at her younger brother’s home, as she was able to have a separate room and bathroom, he said. The woman’s body was taken to a city funeral home morgue, where a forensic scientist yesterday morning collected specimens to test for COVID-19.

Source: Taipei Times September 13, 2020 15:56 UTC