RTI News (Jan. 19) – Taiwan has found four additional cases of COVID from the Taoyuan Hospital cluster, some timeline revealed. Executive Council Orders Cancellation of Taiwan Lantern Festival
Four additional cases of COVID were found from the Taoyuan Hospital cluster, the Executive Council canceled the Taiwan Lantern Festival.
Taiwan Disease Control Command Center (CECC) announces the coronavirus epidemic situation. There were 6 additional confirmed cases, two of them were from overseas, and four were those from the outbreak as a cluster or cluster at Taoyuan Hospital. This is one nurse, one foreign kindergarten and two are the husband and daughter of nurses who were diagnosed with infection on January 18 (case 863), resulting in the number of people infected from the cluster. Taoyuan Hospital consisted of eight patients, consisting of two doctors, three nurses, one foreign kindergarten and two family members of infected nurses.
Chen Shizhong, commander of the disease control command center, said: Currently, 353 Taoyuan hospital workers have been quarantined for 14 days. The disease control command center has also released a partial timeline of the 863 patient, a nurse. And daughter (patient 865) as follows:
Patient 863, January 13, 11:30 AM-12.15 PM, and January 16, 11:40 AM-12.35 PM, visit Nanmen Market, Taoyuan City.
Patient 865, January 16-18, went to Mos Berger, A7 train station, but time was not disclosed.
The disease control command center warned that People traveling to the location during the time indicated in the timeline must monitor their symptoms before Feb. 1.If suspicious symptoms occur, wear a mask and seek medical attention. Public transportation is prohibited.As of January 19, Taiwan has accumulated 868 cases and 7 deaths.
The Executive Council has announced the cancellation of the 2021 Taiwan Lantern Festival, originally scheduled to take place from January 26 to March 7 in Hsinchu. This is the first time in 31 years that the Taiwan Lantern Festival has been canceled.
This is due to the COVID-19 situation. In the country has become more intense. Over the past two weeks, there has been an increase in domestic infections. Including the outbreak as a cluster (Cluster) in the Taoyuan Hospital. As a result, most businesses in Taiwan refrain from organizing staff thank you parties during the Chinese New Year (ทำให้). In the past, being invited to perform at the banquet had lost income. However, many top-selling artists announced that After the Chinese New Year, prepare to release a new album and concerts are planned.
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