Taiwan confirms one case of the coronavirus

Taiwan's Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-Chung on Tuesday confirmed a diagsed case of coronavirus in a Taiwanese businesswoman. woman in her fifties, who works in education industry, flew back to Taiwan for Lunar New Year holidays on a flight from Wuhan City in China on Monday evening.

Chen said 46 people were on flight, comprising 12 crew members and 34 passengers.

Besides confirmed Wuhan fever case, all or members of flight had been placed under self-confinement to prevent disease from spreading, Chen said.

se measures include staying home, wearing a facemask when y go out and avoiding crowded places.

y have t been confined by authorities but are staying in close contact with m should y begin feeling unwell.

According to CDC, businesswoman had been in Wuhan since December.

She started to feel unwell at beginning of January but declined to visit hospitals in Wuhan because she had confidence in Chinese hospitals.

Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became new rm as China strove Tuesday to control outbreak of a new coronavirus that has reached four or countries and territories and threatens to spread furr during Lunar New Year travel rush.

Anxiety grew both at home and abroad after a Chinese government expert confirmed fears on state television late Monday that virus can spread from human to human.

Six people have died and 291 have been infected in China, National Health Commission said Tuesday.

stock prices of some companies that sell masks rose Tuesday, but markets fell in much of Asia as investors worried about potential impact on tourism and ecomy.