Taiwan confirmed 3 new cases from the Panshih navy vessel on Tuesday, bringing the total of COVID-19 cases to 425.
The cases included two men and one woman in their 20s and 30s who didn’t test positive until their second test. A navy intern experienced symptoms on March 30 and lived in the same room with cases 396 and 397. He reported his symptoms on April 18 and tested negative. He then tested positive on April 20.
The second case is a female sailor in her 30s. She had symptoms on April 5 which later disappeared. When in quarantine, she tested negative on April 18, but later tested positive on April 20. The third case saw symptoms beginning March 23 but tested negative on April 18. He tested positive in a second test.
There have been a total of 27 confirmed cases in this navy cluster infection. Health authorities have already traced 349 contacts and 187 are now in home quarantine while another 162 are monitoring their health. The places these sailors have been to are listed on this website (https://bit.ly/2xyUgs3). People who have been to those places recently should monitor their health and call the 1922 hotline if they have any symptoms.