Taoyuan hospital reopens one month after COVID-19 cluster infectionsStaff writer, with CNATaoyuan General Hospital, the site of a recent cluster of 21 COVID-19 infections, partially reopened yesterday, more than a month after the cluster’s first case was confirmed. Taoyuan General Hospital staff take selfies with Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung at the hospital’s reopening event yesterday. The hospital’s COVID-19 ward is to be upgraded to an intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients in serious condition, he said. Hospital superintendent Hsu Yung-nien (徐永年) would for now decide whether the hospital accepts COVID-19 patients, Chen said. Last year, the hospital in received COVID-19 cases almost every day, due to its proximity to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Hsu said.

Source: Taipei Times February 19, 2021 15:56 UTC