MONITORED: The center sent texts to more than 200,000 people who had been to places visited by the infected sailors, urging them to practice self-health management
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 21, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Virus Outbreak: CECC reveals areas visited by sailors
It also announced two new imported cases, both women in their 20s who studied abroad and were tested at an airport after reporting symptoms to quarantine officers upon arriving in Taiwan.
Case No. 421 studied in Canada, developed a cough with phlegm on Monday last week and returned to Taiwan on Sunday, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, told the center’s daily news conference.
No. 422 studied in the US, visited Spain from Jan. 14 to March 15, developed difficulty breathing, and throat and abdominal pain on March 8, sought treatment after returning to the US, and returned to Taiwan on Saturday, he said. [FULL STORY]
