There were 560 new cases of Wuhan pneumonia imported from abroad today, a record high in history. Zhuang Renxiang, spokesman of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that about half of the confirmed cases were Chinese tourists who came to Taiwan.

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[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Report from Taipei] 560 new cases of domestic Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) imported from abroad today, a record high. Zhuang Renxiang, spokesman of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the confirmed cases are tourists from China. Accounting for about half, it is expected that with the increase of Chinese routes and flights, the number of confirmed cases will also increase in the future; the positive rate of related passengers so far this year is 18.6%.

In addition, the virus sequence of the "Big White Lung" Taiwanese businessman was BA.5.

According to the compilation of the command center, from January 1st to 8th this year, all Chinese passengers who entered Taiwan from Taoyuan Airport, Songshan Airport, Taichung Airport, Kaohsiung Airport, Kinmen Shuitou Wharf, and Matsu Nangan Fuao Wharf were collected and tested. 9,658 people were tested, of which 1,805 were diagnosed, with a positive rate of 18.6%.

With the opening of China's borders, Chinese airlines began to increase the number of routes and flights from January 11. It is expected that the number of confirmed cases of passengers entering Taiwan from China may increase again in the future.

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Zhuang Renxiang pointed out that about half of the confirmed cases of overseas immigration today are Chinese tourists who came to Taiwan, and the rest are from other countries.

Looking at the approximately 9,700 tourists who came to Taiwan from China from January 2 to 8 this year, according to the flight reservation data, there will also be 13,000 visitors from January 9 to 15, and 13,000 people will enter from January 16 to 22. 11,000 people entered the country, and then during the Spring Festival, the number of entries dropped to more than 3,000 in a single week.

In addition, Su Yifeng, a physician at the Taipei Municipal United Hospital, posted on Facebook a few days ago that a 60-year-old Taiwanese businessman felt unwell after returning to Taiwan for 3 days. The quick test was positive, but he did not report it immediately. It was delayed for 4 or 5 days. After not getting better, I came to see a doctor to take medicine. The X-ray photos showed that the "big white lung" that had already developed severe pneumonia, now even given antiviral drugs, could not stop the progress, and was intubated and critically ill.

Zhuang Renxiang mentioned that the virus sequencing result of this case has been released as BA.5, which is the current mainstream strain and is not a special virus. It was judged that the relatively serious condition was caused by too late to seek medical treatment.

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