Japanese student tests positive for coronavirus after returning from S. Taiwan on June 20

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/24
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (June 24) confirmed that a Japanese woman tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) after returning from southern Taiwan on June 20.

During a special news conference to discuss the matter, Minister of Health and Welfare and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said that after being screened for COVID-19 at an airport in Japan, a female student in her 20s tested positive for the disease. He said that she was asymptomatic and is not yet considered a confirmed case in Taiwan.

The woman had continuously stayed in Taiwan from late February to June 20. Currently, 140 people who recently came in contact with the woman in Taiwan have been identified.

Chen said that the woman had been studying in southern Taiwan since late February. While undergoing quarantine in Japan, her test results came back positive for the virus on Monday (June 22), and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan notified the CECC on Tuesday (June 23).    [FULL  STORY]