EXCHANGE DELEGATION: A CDC official said it had received permission to send healthcare professionals to exchange information about the situation in the city
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 13, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
No case linked with the outbreak of a viral pneumonia in China’s Wuhan has been confirmed in
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang speaks at the CDC premises in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
Since Dec. 31, onboard inspection for respiratory diseases have been conducted on 20 flights that arrived from Wuhan, covering 2,199 passengers and crew, with 10 people showing symptoms indicating possible infection, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said.
Two among them showed symptoms matching the conditions for required reporting, but were excluded from possible cases after further examination, while the other eight have since improved, so there is no confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Taiwan, Chuang said.
A pneumonia outbreak of an unknown cause in the city in Hubei Province was reported in the middle of last month, with the main symptom being fever, with a few of them reporting difficulty breathing and examinations showing lung lesions. [FULL STORY]