Cluster infection has same virus strain: CECCBy Lin Hui-chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that a COVID-19 cluster infection at Taoyuan General Hospital shared the same virus strain, allaying concerns over the unidentified source of infection of case No. The cluster infection had affected 15 people, and it has been about two weeks since case No. Taoyuan General Hospital deputy director Wang Wei-chieh thanks the public for their support as the hospital deals wiith a cluster infection. 889’s virus strain could not be fully sequenced, it largely has the same genetic makeup and mutations as other strains tested. While the nation has had four days without local infections, it is still too early to tell whether it has weathered the worst of the cluster infection, Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times January 28, 2021 15:56 UTC