RATIONING: From Thursday, people can buy three adult masks and five children’s masks every seven days, as domestic production ramps up to meet demand
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 03, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Control Center (CECC) yesterday confirmed a new case of COVID-19
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung holds a signboard showing the increased weekly ration of masks — three per week for adults and five per week for children — at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), head of the center, said the latest confirmed case — the nation’s 41st — is a woman in her 20s, who is the daughter of the 34th case announced on Friday.
“The woman visited her mother many times and took care of her while she was hospitalized,” he said. “Her first test for COVID-19 was negative, but her second test was positive.”
The 34th case was hospitalized for hypoglycemia on Feb. 14 and was reported as a suspected COVID-19 case on Wednesday last week. [FULL STORY]
