Focus Taiwan
Date: 03/14/2020
By: Wu Hsin-yun, Chang Ming-hsuan and Matthew Mazzetta

Taipei, March 14 (CNA) Three new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease have been confirmed in Taiwan, all of which are believed to have been imported, bringing the total number in the country to 53, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday.

The three patients are all men in their 30s, two Taiwanese and one Dutch, and they have recent history of travel to Europe, said Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) at a press briefing at which he also announced that air travelers from 27 European countries who board their planes after 2 p.m. Saturday (Taiwan time) will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival in Taiwan.

Chen, who heads the CECC, said the 51st coronavirus case in Taiwan is a Dutch pilot with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, who was in Austria March 2-6, before arriving in Taiwan from the Netherlands on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, the pilot went to a hospital emergency room, complaining of breathing difficulties, tightness in the chest and fatigue, and was diagnosed with pneumonia.
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