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Taipei Times
Date: Jan 28, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday confirmed a fifth case of 2019 novel coronavirus
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, speaks at a press conference in Taipei yesterday afternoon.
Photo: CNA
The latest case involves a woman who on Monday last week took the same plane from Wuhan, China, as the first Taiwanese reported to have contracted the virus, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said.
The new patient was one of the people being monitored for possible infection, said Chen, who also heads the command center.
The woman on Saturday exhibited symptoms, including fever and muscle pain, and was immediately placed in a negative-pressure isolation ward after confirmation of the infection, he said.
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