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Taipei Times
Date: Oct 14, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang speaks at a news conference at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
The man, who is in his 40s, when to Jiangsu in February for work and returned to Taiwan on Sunday for vacation, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is also CECC spokesman, told a news conference in Taipei.
The man told health officials that he developed a runny nose with thick mucus on Oct. 1, but took over-the-counter medication to relieve the symptoms, and that two of his office colleagues had also had cold-like symptoms, for which they also took over-the-counter medication, Chuang said.
The man had a cough, runny nose and nasal congestion when he arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, so he was tested for COVID-19 at the airport and a positive test result was received yesterday, Chuang said. [FULL STORY]