Vigilance urged as 21 new cases foundSIXTEEN LOCAL: Three COVID-19 infections are linked to a cluster at a gambling house in Yilan County, 10 to a case in New Taipei City and three had unclear sourcesBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday urged people to increase vigilance and thoroughly practice preventive measures against COVID-19 as it reported 16 locally transmitted cases of the disease. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that 21 cases were confirmed in Taiwan yesterday: 16 local cases, four imported cases and one case undetermined. Local health departments are conducting contact tracing on the confirmed cases to identify other close contacts and the locations they visited, Chen said. 1,187 — a pilot — on a flight to Vietnam on Wednesday last week also tested positive, Chen said. The CECC also reported four imported cases — three migrant workers from the Philippines and a Taiwanese who returned from India.

Source: Taipei Times May 12, 2021 15:56 UTC