Eleven COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Xinyi District, Taipei / 北市信義區分租套房家戶傳染 11人確診

Seven Taipei City residents are reported to have been infected by their roommates, which is a more unusual type of infection, as many Taipei City residents share an apartment with friends or sometimes total strangers due to high living costs. Meanwhile, a vendor has tested positive at the Yongli Market, which was shut down for three days of disinfection.

Yongli Market in Taipei's Xinyi District has been shut down for three days of disinfection after a vendor tested positive for COVID-19.

Market Worker："The market is closed on Mondays. (Are you a little worried?) Not really. You just have to protect yourself."

The market has nine stalls with 16 vendors. Six households live over the market. Residents were given PCR tests on July 12. As Yongli is just one kilometer away from the Hulin Street and Yongchun markets, where there have also been outbreaks, residents are worried.

Fang Tsung-chieh, Dunhou Borough Chief："We've been inundated with phone calls in the last two days. I tell residents not to panic and that PCR tests will be available to all of them, along with market workers. We will not allow Yongli Market to reopen until we get all the tests results back and make sure they are all negative."

A cluster infection traced to a residential building in Xinyi District has also been reported, with 11 cases so far. Taipei City believes seven out of 11 confirmed cases started at shared apartments with the residents going on to infect their family members.

Huang Ching-ying, The Deputy Spokesperson Taipei City："Seven of the 11 cases in the cluster infection reported in Xinyi District last week were traced back to the shared apartment. The Taipei City Government is contact-tracing and quarantining affected individuals. There is no need to panic."

According to information released by the city government, Case No. 15,294 rode the MRT between Xihu Station and Zhongxiao Fuxing Station and also stopped at Houshanpi and Yongchun stations on July 5, 6 and 7. Those whose travel routes may have overlapped with this person should monitor their health or make an appointment for a PCR test.

位在信義區狹小巷子的永利市場一片空蕩蕩，裏頭拉下封鎖線禁止進入，只有九個攤商的小型市場，傳出有一名攤商確診後，11日開始休市三天。

市場工作人員表示：「他們禮拜一都休市。（會有點擔心嗎？) 還好，自己做好保護就好了。」

攤販共16人、樓上住戶6人，里長已經造冊，12日開始到醫院篩檢PCR，由於這裡和市府之前列入熱區的虎林街市場和永春市場，距離只有1公里，也讓附近住戶擔心疫情是否擴散。

敦厚里里長方聰杰表示：「從昨天到今天陸陸續續，真的太多太多通的電話都在問我，那我是跟住戶講說：『先不要恐慌啦。』然後我也跟他們報告說，市場所有相關人員進出，或裡面的住戶所有的人，我們都去做PCR篩檢。等到PCR篩檢陰性全出來的話，報告出來的話，我們才會讓永利市場來繼續營業。」

而同樣位在信義區，發生分租套房的家戶感染，累計有11人確診，市府調查，總共有3起家戶感染，其中一起是3人感染，另外兩起分別各有2人，總共7人因為分租套房造成家戶感染。

台北市政府副發言人黃瀞瑩表示：「有關信義區上個禮拜發生11起的確診個案，其中有7起是屬於在分租套房裡的家戶感染，不過台北市政府也已經展開
後續的疫調匡列跟隔離，所以民眾不需要太過擔心。」

根據台北市公布的足跡，案15294在7月5日到7日，從西湖站在人來人往的忠孝復興站轉乘，到後山埤站和永春站，連著三天搭乘捷運，提醒這幾天有搭捷運到這些捷運站的民眾，隨時注意身體狀況，或者上網預約篩檢PCR。