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Virus Outbreak: Traveler likely source of fatal infection

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 11:41 Taipei Times

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, center, speaks at a news conference held by the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

A Taiwanese man who returned from China’s Zhejiang Province late last month has been identified as the suspected source of infection for the nation’s first COVID-19 death, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.

Virus Outbreak: CECC reports first coronavirus death

Monday, 17 February 2020 06:42 Taipei Times

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung is flanked by Centers for Disease Control Director-General Chou Jih-haw, left, and National Taiwan University vice president Chang Shan-chwen as he briefs reporters at a news conference at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Taiwan, one of whom died on Saturday.

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Former Democratic Progressive Party chairperson Hsu Hsin-liang, who has gone on a hunger strike over President Ma Ying-jeou’s policies, sits in the lotus position at the gate of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Monday.
Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairperson Hsu Hsin-liang (許信良) yesterday finished the first day of his hunger strike in front of the legislature after receiving no response from President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to three demands he made on Sunday.

The 70-year-old Hsu said he would not back down until Ma concedes.