Focus Taiwan
Date: 13/28/20200
By: William Yen

Taipei, March 28 (CNA) Sixteen new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were confirmed in Taiwan Saturday, bringing the total to 283 since the pandemic began, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.

All of the new patients — nine females and seven males — are Taiwanese, said Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who also heads the CECC.

Of the 16 new cases, 14 were imported, while the other two did not have any recent history of overseas travel, Chen said.

In one of the local infections, the man in his 50s started showing symptoms of coughing, sore throat, headache and fever between Feb. 28 to March 18, before being admitted to hospital March 20 for pneumonia and fever, Chen said.    [FULL  STORY]