Taiwan has reported four new imported cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 679. That’s the word from the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday.
CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang said the four cases are from the Philippines, Indonesia, Britain and Belarus.
The imported case from Britain is a Taiwanese man in his 30s. He tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK on October 28 before returning to Taiwan on November 28. The man developed no symptoms upon entering Taiwan but the test results came back positive Tuesday.
Chuang said the man could be fined up to NT$150,000 (US$5,000) in line with the Communicable Disease Control Act. That’s because he did not submit two negative test results as required by the law, nor did he abide by the rule that infected people should wait two months before boarding a plane.
Meanwhile, the CECC said Taiwanese nationals are exempt from submitting their test results at the airport. That’s as long as they return to Taiwan within three days after they leave Taiwan.