The Kovid-19 case, which has been circulating locally in Taiwan since Tuesday, reported a break of more than 250 days without a run, according to figures released by the island’s health ministry.
The ministry said the case involved a woman in her 30s who had contact with another foreign pilot between December 8 and 12.
The island of 23 million people last reported a case on April 12 locally.
Taiwan also reported three imported cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of Kovid-1 infections since the outbreak began in 7,770. Coronavirus has killed only seven people in Taiwan.
On Monday, a top Taiwanese health official said the island would not consider banning flights from the UK after new strains were discovered as there were already adequate measures in place from Europe, Taiwanese state media reported.
Taiwan outbreak: Taipei’s response to the coronavirus epidemic is the most effective in the world.
Taiwan has never had a strict lockdown. Neither did mainland China resort to stricter restrictions on civil liberties.
Instead, Taiwan’s response was focused on speed. Taiwanese authorities began investigating passengers on direct flights from Wuhan, where the virus was first identified on December 31, 2019 – when the virus was the subject of mostly rumors and limited reports.
Taiwan on January 21 confirmed the case of its first report of the novel coronavirus and subsequently banned Wuhan residents from traveling to the island. All passengers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau were required to be screened.
All of this happened before Wuhan himself went into lockdown on January 23. By March, Taiwan had banned most foreign nationals from entering the island, except for diplomats, residents and people with special entry visas.
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