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[Reporter Wang Dingchuan/New Taipei Report] In May last year, a woman surnamed Jiang was diagnosed with the disease within a few days after celebrating a birthday party for a friend surnamed Zhou. For his right to health, he sought compensation of 36,382 yuan from Zhou's daughter. The judge of the triple summary court of the New Taipei District Court believed that there were a large number of people at the dinner party, and there were no protective measures to prevent infection from others. Because of the sequence, it was impossible to determine that the source of infection was Zhou's daughter, and the verdict lost the case.

This case happened at noon on May 22 last year. About 10 people including Ms. Jiang, her high school roommate Ms. Zhou and her classmates went to a restaurant in Xinyi District, Taipei City to celebrate Ms. Zhou’s birthday. The next day Ms. Zhou was in the LINE group. Informed: "Everyone... I went home the night before yesterday, and my dad just called to say that he was diagnosed. I don't know if he has infected me. I'm sorry everyone, I will go to the supermarket to find a quick screening. I will report back to everyone if there is a situation.", "I am positive...please take care of yourself, woo woo woo", "I'm really sorry".

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Ms. Jiang filed a complaint and pointed out that she did not go out on the 23rd. After going out to work on the 24th, she developed nasal discharge symptoms during the day, and coughing and fever symptoms at night. The rapid screening test showed a positive reaction, and a PCR test was performed on the 25th to confirm the diagnosis of the new crown. Pneumonia; she believes that since the family members that Ms. Zhou came into contact with before the dinner have suspected symptoms of diagnosis, it is foreseeable that the infection may be transmitted to friends. She only needs to decline to attend the party to avoid it. She still insists on attending to make her diagnosis.

Ms. Jiang pointed out that after she was diagnosed, she developed severe symptoms such as cough, throat cut, high fever, and reflux of nasal mucus. , causing nasal discharge and other symptoms, need to rely on antibiotics and other drug treatment, and lead to poor sleep quality and insomnia seek help from traditional Chinese medicine, has not been cured so far, daily life has been greatly affected, Zhou's actions violated her right to health, claiming for medical expenses, loss of work And spiritual comfort money totaled 36,382 yuan.

Zhou Nv refuted that her father was asymptomatic on the 21st, and the rapid screening test was positive in the early morning of the 23rd. On the afternoon of the same day, he underwent a PCR test and was confirmed by PCR on the 25th.

Ms. Zhou also pointed out that when she learned that her family member was positive for the rapid test, but she had not yet had a quick test, she immediately reminded her friends to pay attention to the risk of infection. If she didn't care about public health or the health of her friends, there was no reason to do so; She also said that she can understand Jiang Nv's resentment because of her physical discomfort, but Jiang Nv did not check and found that she deliberately concealed her family's illness, and reminded her contacts to pay attention to her physical condition as soon as possible, and apologized unconditionally to the contact It is beyond the scope of ordinary people's understanding to insist that she thinks she is an infected person and file a lawsuit based on her kind words.

The judge held that during the dinner, besides acquaintances, there were other guests and restaurant employees who were dining. There were a lot of people, and the dining time was not short. , What's more, both of them have not sequenced the virus genome, so it is impossible to determine that the source of infection is Ms. Zhou. Ms. Jiang did not provide enough evidence. The verdict was lost and she can appeal.