Taiwan's health ministry confirms first Coronavirus death on island

Taiwan has reportedly confirmed first death on island from dely COVID19, making it fifth fatality outside mainland China since global coronavirus pandemic.

Health Minister of Taiwan, Chen Shih-Chung, told media that 61-year-old man was a taxi driver who was suffering from diabetes and hepatitis B and h eventually contracted Coronavirus. minister ded that Taiwan has accumulated 20 confirmed cases of Wuhan virus till date.

Family member tested positive

Chen furr ded that deceased h t travelled abro and was presumably infection via human transmission as he was a cab driver whose clients were mainly from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. One of family members of Taiwanese driver has also tested positive to COVID19, confirmed minister.

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pair constituted Taiwan’s first local transmission cases, minister told international media, ding that health authorities were in process of investigating source of contraction of disease. So far, contact history of patient has t been discovered, said Chen, and health officials were actively inspecting scenarios, hoping to find out source of contraction.

Island to commence testing all chronic patients

government reportedly anunced that on Monday, February 17, island will commence testing all patients who depict chronic symptoms associated with Coronavirus or h travelled abro recently. Taiwan has reportedly placed a travel ban on Chinese visitors and foreigners with a recent history of travel to China, and island has suspended most flights back-and-forth to mainland China.

According to reports, government of Taiwan has scrambled to build several mask production lines over fears of spre of COVID19 with first death reported on island. Premier Su Tseng-chang has vowed to more than double its daily mask production to 10 million.

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