(Combating new crown pneumonia) Taiwan adds 16 new cases of new crown pneumonia confirmed
China News Service, Taipei, March 22nd. Taiwan's "Episode Epidemic Command Center" announced on the 22nd that Taiwan has added 16 new cases of newly diagnosed pneumonia of pneumonia, including 13 overseas imports and 3 local cases. Overseas imported cases have history of activities in the United States, Egypt, Germany, France and other countries.
So far, Taiwan has accumulated a total of 169 confirmed cases, of which 133 were imported overseas and 36 were local cases. In the week since the 16th, a total of 110 new cases have been added.
According to media reports such as the Central News Agency and the United Daily News, 2 of the newly added overseas imported cases were members of an Egyptian tour group recently. The tour group has so far been confirmed by 8 members and 1 contact.
The Epidemic Epidemic Command Center also announced that as the epidemic has caused a global pandemic and overseas imported cases have continued to rise, from 00:00 on the 24th to April 7, Taiwan has completely banned passengers from transiting to Taiwan to reduce the risk of disease transmission.
Taiwan EVA Air and China Airlines then stated that they would cooperate with the "Episode Epidemic Command Center" requirements and no longer carry passengers transiting through Taiwan from midnight on March 24 to April 7. (Finish)