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COVID-19 (02/17): Taiwan reports 14 local, 54 imported cases

  • 17 February, 2022
  • Staś Butler
COVID-19 (02/17): Taiwan reports 14 local, 54 imported cases
Taiwan's COVID-19 case numbers for February 17, 2022.

Taiwan reported 14 new local cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Health authorities also reported 54 more imported cases among people arriving in Taiwan. 

There were no deaths reported.

Authorities say ten of the 14 new local cases are linked to a cluster involving employees at a Taipei real estate agency.

Another two cases are linked to a cluster of infections at a quarry in Kaohsiung City. One more case is part of a cluster at an oil refinery, also in Kaohsiung City, and the final case is linked to a previous infection at Taoyuan International Airport.

Taiwan also recorded 54 imported cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Thirty of them tested positive upon landing in Taiwan, while the rest tested positive in quarantine. They include nine travelers from the United States; three from Vietnam; two each from Australia, France and Indonesia; and one each from the Philippines, Ukraine, Chad, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan and Cambodia. Health authorities are still investigating the travel history of 28 travelers.

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