Chinanews.com, February 23. According to a report by Taiwan ’s “Central News Agency”, Taiwan ’s “Outbreak Epidemic Command Center” announced on the 23rd that two new cases of local new crown pneumonia were diagnosed. The two were fathers and sons. They were analyzed as close contacts and transmitted to a family. Cluster case. Although the two had no history of leaving the country, the family members may have related contact history and the source of the infection was clarified.
The commander of the Epidemic Epidemic Command Center, Chen Shizhong, announced at a press conference on the afternoon of the 23rd that two new cases of COVID-19 (new crown pneumonia) were diagnosed on the island. They were men in their 80s in northern Taiwan (case 27, index cases) and more than 50 Two-year-old male (case 28), father-son relationship.
Zhuang Renxiang, the commanding officer of the command center, said at the meeting that "Case 27" was a dialysis patient with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, and had no recent history of leaving the country. On February 6, he developed symptoms such as cough and runny nose. On the 9th, he was admitted to a single ward for fever and a diagnosis of pneumonia. On the 16th, he had shortness of breath and was transferred to the intensive care unit. On the 20th, he was transferred to negative pressure isolation due to suspected tuberculosis. In the ward, COVID-19 was proactively expanded on the 21st, and the diagnosis was confirmed on the 23rd.
The health unit has isolated and contacted the suspects with suspected symptoms. During the investigation of the epidemic, it was found that "Case 28" had fever, runny nose and sore throat on January 31, and went to the clinic on February 4 He went to the doctor. On the 8th, he was diagnosed with pneumonia because of continuous fever to the emergency department. He returned home for independent health management. He returned to the hospital twice on the 11th and 18th. He was notified and isolated on the 21st. On the 23rd, he was diagnosed with a new coronary pneumonia.
As "Case 28" and "Case 27" lived together during the day, the command center analyzed that the case was transmitted by close contacts and a family reunification case. Initially, there were 115 hospital staff contacts listed in "Case 27", and 40 people have been inspected. The investigation, tracking, inspection and isolation will continue.
Zhuang Renxiang said that the two confirmed cases had no recent exit history, but the current investigation found that the younger son of "Case 27" frequently traveled to and from the mainland due to his work relationship. The last time he returned to Taiwan from Guangzhou on December 2, 2019, and during the Chinese New Year I also had dinners with friends with travel history in the mainland. The source of infection in this group case was clear.