(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team returned to Taiwan after the Asian Cup and many people were infected
China News Service, Taipei, February 8th. The Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team ended the 2022 Women's Asian Cup and returned to Taiwan on the 8th.
Among them, 2 team staff and 7 players were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, and it is reported that epidemic prevention measures have been taken on their return journey.
According to reports from the Central News Agency, China Times News and other media, Taiwan's "epidemic command center" announced on the 8th that there were 26 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia locally and 22 imported cases (9 cases were positive for flight landing tests). The positive rate of floor collection test was 1.31%.
On the 7th, there were 2 new cases in Taiwan, and the person in charge of the command center once said that the epidemic had stabilized.
However, on the 8th, it was found that the cluster case of the Taoyuan computer factory was still expanding, and there were also confirmed cases of a family of four in Xinbei whose source of infection was unknown.
In addition, the "epidemic command center" announced on the 7th that 3 imported cases were reclassified as local cases.
Since last year, a total of 8 epidemic prevention hotels in Taiwan have experienced cluster infections.
Wang Renxian, chairman of the Taiwan Society for Epidemic Prevention, pointed out that epidemic prevention hotels can no longer contain the virus, and multi-level screening should be adopted.
As of now, Taiwan has a total of 19,239 confirmed cases, including 15,228 local cases.
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