Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/05/2020
By: William Yen

Taipei, June 5 (CNA) Close to 40 percent of the country's COVID-19 coronavirus cases were found by Taiwan's border control officials, reflecting the country's success at keeping the virus at bay, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday.

At a daily press briefing, CECC deputy chief Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥) said that out of the 352 confirmed imported cases to date, a total of 138 infections were found by border control authorities, accounting for 39 percent of the country's confirmed imported cases.

"Border control plays a very important role in virus prevention and we thank all of the personnel and staff for their contributions to safeguarding Taiwan," Chen said.

The last imported infection was on June 1, a woman in her 50s who went to the United States in March for work and returned to Taiwan on May 31.    [FULL  STORY]