[Epoch Times, July 30, 2021]Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center announced today (30th) 25 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Chinese Communist pneumonia) in China, 21 cases of local and 4 cases of overseas immigration; There were no new deaths among the confirmed cases.
The command center stated that the 21 new local cases (8 of them were positive during home isolation or at the end of the expiration period) were 14 males and 7 females, aged between under 10 and over 80 years old. The date falls between July 24th and July 28th this year. 9 cases in Chiayi County are the largest case distribution, followed by 7 cases in Taipei City, 4 cases in New Taipei City, and 1 case in Kaohsiung City; 18 cases are known sources of infection, 2 cases are unknown, and 1 case is under investigation. This will continue. Epidemic investigation to clarify the source of infection.
The command center pointed out that recently confirmed cases have been released from quarantine. Among the 14,420 confirmed cases announced from May 11 to July 28, 12,817 have been released from quarantine, and 88.9% of the confirmed cases have been released.
The Central News Agency reported that Chen Shizhong said that the reason for the large number of confirmed cases today is mainly related to the outbreak of workplace clusters in Chiayi County. Although there are few employees in this workplace, the number of people infected with the epidemic is large. In connection with the epidemic, the entire workplace has been quarantined at the centralized quarantine station. A total of 78 people have been quarantined, of which 50 were negative, 10 were positive (1 case has not yet been numbered), and 7 are undergoing inspection.
Chen Shizhong said that according to the current epidemic investigation, case 15743 is the index case of this cluster case, and it was diagnosed because of symptoms. The following cases have been identified since then. A total of 11 people have been diagnosed so far, 2 of which are infected cases living with family members. .
The command center stated that there are 4 new cases of overseas immigration today. Case 15752 is a US woman in her 20s. She came to Taiwan from the United States on July 28 and had a negative test report within 3 days before the flight. The epidemic prevention hotel was quarantined at home and confirmed today; the case was asymptomatic while in Taiwan, and the relevant contacts were listed. Case 15753 is a boy with a nationality under 10 years old. He returned to Taiwan from the United States on July 28. He had a negative test report within 3 days before the flight. He went to the centralized quarantine center for home quarantine after being picked up at the airport. He developed cough and sputum symptoms on the same day. , Was diagnosed today; 23 contacts have been listed, 11 of whom are fellow passengers and two rows of passengers on the front and back of the same flight, listed in home isolation, and the remaining 12 are crew members of the same flight, listed for self-health monitoring. Case 15754 is a female in her 40s. She returned to Taiwan from the Philippines on July 1, holding a negative test report within 3 days before the flight. After entering the country, she will be quarantined at home in the centralized quarantine center. The results will be collected before the expiration of the quarantine period on July 13. It was negative. After the quarantine period expired on July 16th, he returned to his home for independent health management until July 22. During the period, he did not go out. The company arranged for quarantine on July 28, and the diagnosis was confirmed today (Ct value 39); the case was in Taiwan He is asymptomatic, and 2 contacts have been listed and placed in home quarantine. Case 15768 is a 50-year-old male of nationality. He went to work in Indonesia in May this year. He developed fever on June 28. He was diagnosed locally in Indonesia on July 4. He was hospitalized on July 9 and boarded the International Emergency on July 29. The medical plane returned to Taiwan, and was admitted to be hospitalized for isolation and examination after entry, and the diagnosis was confirmed today; since the relevant personnel in the case returned to Taiwan to evacuate for medical treatment are properly protected, no contacts have been listed.
According to the statistics of the command center, a total of 15,662 confirmed cases in China have been confirmed so far, including 1,266 overseas immigration, 14,343 local cases, 36 Dunmu fleet, 2 aircraft infections, 1 unknown case, and 14 cases under investigation; a total of 108 cases were removed as empty. No. A total of 787 cases of COVID-19 (Chinese Communist pneumonia) deaths have been accumulatively since 2020, of which 779 are local. The counties and cities of residence are 392 in New Taipei City, 295 in Taipei City, 27 in Keelung City, 24 in Taoyuan City, and 14 in Changhua County. Cases, 11 cases in Hsinchu County, 4 cases in Taichung City, 3 cases in Miaoli County, 2 cases each in Yilan County and Hualien County, 1 case each in Taitung County, Yunlin County, Nantou County, Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County; the other 8 cases Moving in from abroad.
The command center once again urged the public to implement personal protective measures such as hand hygiene, cough etiquette, and wearing masks, reduce unnecessary movement, activities or gatherings, avoid entering crowded places, or areas with a high risk of infection transmission, and be proactive Cooperate with various epidemic prevention measures and jointly strictly guard the community’s defense line.
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