TAIPEI: A taxi driver has died from the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in Taiwan, marking the first such death on the island and the fifth fatality outside mainland China from an epidemic that has curbed travel and disrupted global supply chains. Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said during a news conference on Sunday (Feb 16) that the deceased person was a 61-year-old man who had diabetes and hepatitis B.
Taoyuan mayor Cheng Wen-tsan taking part in a Taoist ceremony to prevent the COVID-Coronavirus at the Longde temple in Taoyuan. A taxi driver has died from the Covid-19 outbreak in Taiwan, marking the first such death on the island on Sunday and the fifth fatality outside mainland China from an epidemic that has curbed travel and disrupted global supply chains. - AFP
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said during a news conference on Sunday that the deceased person was a 61-year-old man who had diabetes and hepatitis B. Taiwan has to date accumulated 20 confirmed cases. "So far, we are not able to gather his contact history, so we are actively making investigations, hoping to find out the source of the contraction," Chen said.
The coronavirus, thought to have emerged at a wildlife market in the central Chinese province of Hubei, has killed 1,665 people in China with latest figures showing 68,500 cases of the illness.
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