Focus Taiwan
Date: 02/20/2020
By: Chen Wei-ting and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) A woman in Taiwan with no history of overseas travel over the past two years has been infected with COVID-19 coronavirus, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported late Wednesday.

A further investigation will be conducted to determine if the case is the result of community-level transmission of the virus in Taiwan, the center said.

The woman in her 60s living in northern Taiwan, whose precise location was not disclosed by the CEEC, is the 24th person in the country to be confirmed with the respiratory disease. She first came down with a fever and cough on Jan. 22, according to the CECC.

The patient sought medical attention four times at local clinics but was told that she only had a common cold.    [FULL  STORY]