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COVID-19: New case in naval cluster brings Taiwan’s total to 428

  • 24 April, 2020
  • John Van Trieste
COVID-19: New case in naval cluster brings Taiwan’s total to 428
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung announces a new case of COVID-19 during a press briefing Friday. (Photo Courtesy Central Epidemic Command Center)

Taiwan recorded one new case of COVID-19 Friday, bringing the total number of cases it has recorded so far up to 428.

This new case is a member of the armed forces who recently served on a naval ship hit by an outbreak of the disease.

The patient was put into preventative quarantine after the outbreak was discovered, but an initial test for COVID-19 came back negative. However, after several days, they developed COVID-19 symptoms, and a second test has come back positive.

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