According to CECC, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) confirmed six new imported cases, and two more indigenous cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan on May 3.
The six new cases arrived in Taiwan from the Netherlands (Case #1139 and Case #1140), Indonesia (Cases #1141-1143), and Uzbekistan (Case #1144).
Case #1139 is an over 40-year-old male from the Netherlands. The Dutch man traveled to Taiwan to work as a sailor on April 10. Due to work requirements, he visited the hospital to take a self-paid test on May 1. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on May 3 (the CT value was 29; he had a CT value of 33 while hospitalized, and he tested positive for both IgM and IgG antibodies).
Case #1140 is an over 30-year-old male from the Netherlands. He traveled to Taiwan to work as a sailor on April 8. Due to work requirements, he visited the hospital to take a self-paid test on May 1. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on May 3 (the CT value was 33).
Cases #1141-1143 are three fishermen from Indonesia, and they are between 10 and 49 years old. Those three Indonesian fishermen traveled to Taiwan for work on April 19. They were tested on May 2, before completing the quarantine period, and infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the cases on May 3.
Case #1144 is a Taiwanese female in her 20s. She returned to Taiwan from Uzbekistan on April 27. She began to experience a headache, a fever, and nausea on April 28, and the health authority then arranged for her to seek medical attention and undergo testing. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on May 3 (the CT value was 28).
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As for the 2 indigenous cases, contractor of airport quarantine hotel and family member of airline pilot found to have COVID-19.
On May 3, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced two new confirmed indigenous cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Of the two new cases, one (Case #1145) has been to the airport quarantine hotel, and the other one (Case #1146) is a family member of and lives with an airline pilot testing positive for COVID-19 in Australia.
Case #1145 is a Taiwanese male in his 40s who is a contractor working for the airport quarantine hotel. He worked at the quarantine hotel from early April to April 28. He developed a cough on April 28. He then sought medical attention and underwent testing; infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on May 3 (the CT value was 13).
Case #1146 is an Indonesian female in her teens. She is a family member of and lives with a pilot testing positive in Australia, Case #1090, and Case #1111. The Indonesian woman began to feel slightly hot and experience a runny nose and discomfort in her throat on April 30. She was then tested, and infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on May 3 (the CT value was 19).
The CECC reported that a cumulative total of 209,150 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 207,197. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 1145 cases. Of the 1145 confirmed cases, 1003 are imported; 94 are indigenous; 36 are naval crew members aboard the Panshi fast combat support ship; 2 are infections on an aircraft; 1 case has unknown sources of infection; 9 cases' sources of infection are being investigated; and 1 case (Case #530) has been removed (Case #530 is not assigned to any patients). Of the confirmed cases, there have been 12 deaths, and 1058 patients have been released from isolation, with the other 75 patients remaining hospitalized in isolation.
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