China News Agency, Taipei, October 14. Taiwan’s “Pandemic Epidemic Command Center” stated on the 14th that it had recently received a Japanese official notice that it detected 3 asymptomatic cases that tested positive for the new crown pneumonia virus antigen when they entered Japan from Taiwan.
According to media reports such as the Central News Agency and "United Daily News", the three cases were all Japanese nationals, and one of them lived in Taiwan for a long time, but often traveled between Taiwan and Japan.
The center stated that all three cases were asymptomatic during their stay in Taiwan.
The health department has known 3 people who had contact with 44 people in Taiwan, 16 people should be tested, of which 15 people have been tested negative.
The person in charge of the center said that of the 10 cases detected in Japan from Taiwan so far, 8 were detected at the airport, but the test results of their contacts in Taiwan were all negative.
The person in charge believes that there is an error in the local antigen test in Japan, and the 8 cases detected at the airport are more likely to be false positives.
In addition, according to the announcement on the 13th, Taiwan has a newly imported confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia, a Taiwanese male returning from the mainland.
Taiwan has so far confirmed a total of 530 cases, of which 7 have died, 489 have been released from isolation, and 34 have been hospitalized in isolation.
The impact of the epidemic continues to show.
Taiwan’s education authority stated on the 13th that affected by the epidemic, it is estimated that about 3,000 overseas students will give up studying in Taiwan this year, resulting in a loss of NT$300 million in tuition income.
Taipei Capital Hotel announced on the 14th that its flagship hall will be closed indefinitely from November.
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