Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/04/2020
By: William Yen

Taipei, May 4 (CNA) A new case of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resulting from a cluster infection on board a naval ship was confirmed by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday evening, raising the total number infections in Taiwan to 438.

The latest case was confirmed after a "weak positive" was obtained a day earlier in testing of the 345 people who were on board the ship and in quarantine to determine whether they could be released and return to their normal lives, CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said.

The cluster infection occurred on the Panshi fast combat support ship, part of a three-ship "Fleet of Friendship" that visited Palau from March 12 to 15.

The new patient, who has been asymptomatic, has been transferred to a hospital, while the remaining 344 people on the Panshi will be released from quarantine but asked to continue to engage in healthy practices at home, Chuang said.    [FULL  STORY]