Turkish Minute
Date: March 16, 2020
By: TM

Taiwan’s health minister said the country has five coronavirus patients who returned home from a tour in Turkey, hinting that there are more cases than the Turkish government is willing or able to acknowledge, the Taiwan News website reported.

Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday announced eight confirmed cases of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, the country’s largest single-day increase since the outbreak began.

During a press conference on Monday afternoon, Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung announced that Taiwan’s eight new cases all contracted the disease while traveling abroad. Chen said that the new patients had traveled to countries such as Italy, Germany, Greece, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, Spain, and Turkey before returning to Taiwan.

Chen said the 60th case had visited Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece. The 61st case had taken a trip to the Czech Republic, while the 62nd case had traveled to the Philippines.   [FULL  STORY]