News! Taiwanese media: Taiwan's first case of Omi Keron infection
[Global Network News] Taiwan’s "Zhongshi News Network" has just reported that Taiwan has the first case of infection with a mutant strain of the new coronavirus, Omi Keron.
According to the report, Taiwan today (11th) added 10 newly imported confirmed cases, 7 males and 3 females, and all imported cases were “breakthrough infection” cases.
According to Chen Shizhong, the head of Taiwan's epidemic prevention department, Taiwan has the first case of infection with the mutant strain Omi Keron.
The report mentioned that one of the imported cases (Case 16829) announced by Taiwan's epidemic prevention department on the 10th was a Taiwanese woman in her 30s who entered from an African country. She entered the country on December 8 and was inspected on the 9th, and the infection was confirmed on the 10th; The case had been vaccinated with 1 dose of AZ vaccine and 1 dose of Modena vaccine. It was a “breakthrough infection” case, and all 10 contacts were classified as home quarantine.
Chen Shizhong stated that the case "16829" is an asymptomatic infection and is currently admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital. 10 of its contacts are passengers from the front and rear of the same flight. The current tests are all negative; and the case is genetically sequenced today (11th) The result was released, and it was confirmed that the infected strain was the mutant Omi Keron.