Taiwan recorded two new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases it has recorded so far up to 625. Both new cases were imported.
One patient is a Taiwanese citizen who returned to Taiwan on Tuesday after having studied in the US. He developed symptoms of COVID-19 while still in the US, and informed airport health officials of them upon his arrival in Taiwan. A test administered at the airport came back positive on Thursday.
The other patient is Indonesian. She presented no symptoms of COVID-19 after arriving in Taiwan from Indonesia on November 9. She began feeling unwell on November 22, while still in quarantine, but believed her condition was mild and continued to report that she had no symptoms.
On Tuesday, after her quarantine period was over, she went to get tested for COVID-19 because she continued to feel unwell. That test came back positive on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the foreign ministry said on Thursday Taiwan’s representative to the US, Hsiao Bi-khim, has been kept in home isolation because she has had contact with infected co-workers in the office. The foreign ministry said Hsiao tested negative for COVID-19 and is in good health. Several people at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office have been diagnosed with COVID-19.