Radio Taiwan International
Date: 22 March, 2020
By: John Van Trieste

Fears about COVID-19 and the closure of Taiwan's borders to foreign visitors have left popular tourist sites deserted. Pictured here is Taipei 101 on Sunday.

Taiwanese health officials announced 16 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The newest cases bring the total number Taiwan has reported since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak up to 169.

Only three of the new cases are cases of local transmission. Health officials have compiled a list of people that at least one of these new patients has been in recent contact with. Almost all of the people on this list have already been tested, and none have had a positive result so far. 
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