Taiwan last reported a local case of Covid-19 on April 12, while the first local case of 771 was added on December 22. The 765th case is a New Zealand-born pilot in his 60s who flew to the United States on November 29 and returned to Taiwan on the 4th of this month. On the 12th of this month, he flew with the 760th female Taiwanese pilot and the 766th male Japanese pilot to the U.S. and infected both of them because they did not wear masks while on duty.
The pilot returned to Taiwan on the 15th and was diagnosed on the 20th, the pilot claimed to be unable to recall the exact activity history. The police unit investigated the trajectory of activities, found that he 7 to 12 this month, and a 30-year-old female friend close contact. The same day, the female contact was tested and confirmed as the 771st case.
U.S. media Bloomberg reported that the world’s longest record of no local cases ended with this confirmed case in Taiwan.
The Central Epidemic Command Center Commander Chen Shizhong pointed out that this local case is the case 765 New Zealand male pilot’s 30-something female friend. The case 765 epidemic investigation process inaccurate statements, not honestly informed contact history and activity history, during the United States quarantine have gone out, causing Taiwan epidemic prevention 253 days zero confirmed local cases record broken, the health unit decided to violate the Infectious Disease Control Act increased fines of NT $ 300,000 fine.
Bloomberg reports that this also makes the world’s longest record of no indigenous cases unsustainable and shows us that even in the most successful places of epidemic prevention, viruses can find gaps and take advantage of them.
The Taiwan authorities then tested 173 contacts of 771 cases, 170 of whom were negative. The other three are being tested. Four of them had symptoms, but all were negative after the second test.
In a separate report, Bloomberg published a new “The Covid Resilience Ranking,” which ranked 53 countries with economies of more than $200 billion worldwide, taking into account indicators such as case growth, overall mortality, the capacity of virus testing and medical care systems, vaccine negotiations, the economic impact of epidemic control measures, and freedom of movement, and ranked Taiwan second behind New Zealand.
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