COVID-19: The patient is a man in his 50s who had been working in Mexico. People on the same flight are either self-isolating at home or practicing self-health management

Taipei Times
Date:  Jul 03, 2020
By: Lin Hui-chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced one new confirmed case

of COVID-19, a man in his 50s who returned from Mexico the previous day, while identifying 23 people who have had close contact with the person.

The man said he had been working in Mexico since early February, and between June 17 and Monday last week, he had migraine, coughing, weakness in the limbs and a fever, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) told a news briefing in Taipei.

While the man had visited local medical facilities in Mexico, he had not been tested for COVID-19, Lo said.

The man said that he had felt better after seeking treatment, Lo added.    [FULL  STORY]