Taipei Times
Date: Feb 10, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported the nation’s 18th confirmed
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, center, accompanied by Centers for Disease Control Director-General Chou Jih-haw, left, and Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission chief executive Wang Bi-sheng, right, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times
The parents on Thursday were confirmed to have the virus, and their other son’s infection was confirmed on Saturday, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), the center’s head.
“Although the new case had not suffered any clear symptoms … we asked him to be tested and the result was positive,” he said.
The man has a high viral load, but it is not yet clear whether he is infectious, the CECC said.
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