Focus Taiwan
Date: 08/01/2020
By: William Yen

Taipei, Aug. 1 (CNA) Taiwan on Saturday confirmed seven new COVID-19 infections, including one puzzling case that the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said may actually date back to four months ago.

Of the seven cases, six were men aged between 20 and 80 who entered Taiwan from July 15 to 30 from the Philippines and Guatemala and apparently contracted the disease abroad, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who also heads the CECC, said in Taipei.

The other case is a Belgian national, who entered Taiwan May 3 and was allowed to leave quarantine on May 17, Chen said.

A technician who was working in Changhua on an offshore wind project, the Belgian man tested positive Saturday after getting a test because he needed one to be allowed to return to his country of origin, Chen said.    [FULL  STORY]