According to CECC, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) confirms 5 more imported cases, cases arrive in Taiwan from Canada and the Philippines. And 1 more indigenous case, family member of Case #1090 found to have COVID-19.
On April 27, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced five new confirmed imported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Those five new cases arrived in Taiwan from Canada (Case #1106) and the Philippines (Cases #1107-1110).
Case #1106 is a Taiwanese female in her 70s. The Taiwanese woman traveled to Canada with Case #1068 to visit her relatives, and returned to Taiwan on April 8. Because she was identified as a contact of Case #1068, she was tested for COVID-19 on April 13, and she tested negative. Before completing the home isolation period, she received a test arranged by the health authority on April 25, and infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on April 27 (the CT value was 29).
Case #1107, Case #1109 and Case #1110 are a Burmese male in his 30s, a Chinese male in his 40s and a Burmese male in his 20s, respectively. The three men are also crew members aboard the same ship as Case #1103 and Case #1104 announced on April 26. Case #1107 began to experience a fever and cough on April 24, and was transported to the hospital for testing on April 25. Case #1109 and Case #1110 were tested on April 26 as they were identified as contacts. The three crew members all tested positive after given RT-PCR tests. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the cases on April 27 (Case #1107 had a CT value of 26; Case #1109 had a CT value of 20; Case #1110 had a CT value of 28).
Case #1108 is an over 20-year-old female migrant worker from the Philippines. The female migrant worker traveled to Taiwan for work on April 25. As she voluntarily notified airport quarantine officers that she had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the Philippines in late March, she was tested upon arrival. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on April 27.
As for the one new confirmed indigenous case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. The new case, Case #1111, is a family member of Case #1090 and the Indonesian pilot who had tested positive in Australia and lives with them.
Case #1111 is an Indonesian woman in her 40s with no recent history of international travel. She was tested for COVID-19 on April 21 and April 22, and the test results came back negative. She experienced a dry throat, pain all over her body, dizziness, and other symptoms on April 26. The health authority then arranges for her to seek medical attention and undergo testing. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on April 27 (the CT value was 22).
The CECC reported that a cumulative total of 204,833 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 202,612. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 1110 cases. Of the 1110 confirmed cases, 984 are imported; 79 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; 8 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 1050 patients have been released from isolation, with the other 48 patients remaining hospitalized in isolation.
Moreover, 6 pilots test positive for antibodies in expanded testing program for airline pilots.
The CECC pointed out that of the six who tested positive, three are confirmed cases announced before (Case #151, Case #177 and Case #1105) while the other three are two Taiwanese men in their 40s and a Taiwanese woman in her 40s. The three individuals all tested negative after given RT-PCR tests, and tested negative for IgM and positive for IgG antibodies.
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