2 More Confirmed Cases at Far Eastern Hospital 亞東再傳2確診 1病患及兒子採檢陽性

Two more confirmed cases are reported from New Taipei City's Far Eastern Memorial Hospital. They are a patient who stayed in the hospital and a family member of the patient. Additionally, Taipei 101’s mall was closed for one day after a confirmed case attended an event there. 

The Taipei 101 shopping mall put up a sign. Due to the footprints of a confirmed case, it has closed for one day on the 26th. However, Ambi Space One and the observation deck were open for normal business. 

The Taipei City Health Department confirmed that Case 18518 was a magazine editor. Chen Bo-lin and eight other male stars went to Taipei 101 to attend an event on the 21st. The tracing investigation is still ongoing because there is too much foot traffic. The magazine editor was a client of the Taipei City real estate agent, Case 18375. They toured a house together on the 14th but were only confirmed on the 24th. Officials suspect there are other infection sources.

Huang Shan-shan, Taipei Deputy Mayor:  “If he was infected that day, he shouldn't test positive until January 24. Normally, it would take 5 to 7 days to be sick. So we are also suspecting if this is the infection period. He actually had symptoms early on and was seeing the doctor the whole time. But he just didn't think of going for a screening test.”

A kindergarten teacher in Taipei's Songshan District was diagnosed with the virus. About 180 teachers and students in the kindergarten were immediately notified on the 25th and classes were suspended for 14 days. The contact tracing has been expanded. The city government also suspects that this has something to do with Case 18375, a Taipei City real estate agent, who ate hot pot with a friend. This particular friend then ate noodles near a kindergarten, where a confirmed case, a teacher, was also eating at the restaurant at the same time.

Huang Shan-shan, Taipei Deputy Mayor: “We are suspecting if this noodle shop had cross-infections? We are expanding the tracing in regards to the noodle shop. This is to say, it's still true that dining out is a big risk.”

A nurse from Far Eastern Memorial Hospital was confirmed on the 17th. Her husband and two children received positive PCR tests during the quarantine period. On the 25th, a patient and a child tested positive at the hospital late at night.

Hou Yu-ih, New Taipei City Mayor: “PCR tests were negative for all patients in the wards and the medical staff. Even family members of staff were tested and they were all negative. We are still figuring out the source of the infection at the moment.”

Far Eastern Hospital also issued a statement saying that more than 5,000 people are screened in the hospital every week. They are already conducting a third round of screening, which has come back negative. This week, patients who had been hospitalized for more than seven days were tested. A patient tested positive and family members were urgently screened. Patients in the same ward, family accompanying the patient, and the nurse all tested negative. Only the confirmed patient's son tested positive. The hospital also emphasized that this patient and the previously infected nurse were in different wards on different floors. 

 

台北101購物中心擺出告示牌，因為有確診者足跡，26日暫停營業一天，但雙融域和觀景台正常營業。

台北市衛生局證實，確診的是一位雜誌編輯，案18518在21日曾到台北101出席活動，現場還有陳柏霖等9位男星，因為足跡實在太多，目前還在匡列疫調中。這名雜誌編輯是台北市房仲案18375的客戶，14日曾一起看屋，但卻在24日才確診，懷疑還有其他感染源。

台北市副市長黃珊珊表示：「如果那天感染的話，不應該到1月24日才確診，正常這個應該是5到7天就會有發病。所以我們也在懷疑說，這是不是傳染的時間，他其實很早就有點症狀，就他一直都在看醫生，可是他就是沒有想到去採檢。」

北市松山區某幼兒園有老師確診，25日立即就通知幼兒園大約180名師生，停課14天，擴大匡列疫調。市府也懷疑，這跟台北市房仲案18375有關，因為房仲曾跟一位朋友吃火鍋，這位朋友去幼兒園附近吃麵，確診老師當時也在麵館吃東西。

副市長黃珊珊說：「在懷疑說，是不是在這個麵館裡面有互相交叉感染？麵館的部分我們也在把它擴大匡列，也就是說用餐的時候，還是真的是一個蠻大的風險。」

亞東醫院1名護理師17日確診，丈夫及2個孩子，隔離期間採檢PCR陽性，25日深夜再傳出院內1名病患和孩子都是陽性確診。

新北市長侯友宜表示：「醫院的病房的所有的患者，再加上醫護同仁，採檢PCR都是陰性，甚至包括他的家人，也採檢了都是陰性。目前整個感染源，我們還在釐清當中。」

亞東醫院也發出聲明表示，院內每週普篩超過5千人次，已經進行第三輪都是陰性，本週對於住院超過七天的病患採檢，驗出一名陽性患者，緊急篩檢家屬、同病室病友及陪病者、護理師都為陰性，只有確診病患兒子為陽性，研判是兒子先染疫，但還要等疫調後再確認。亞東醫院也強調，這個病患與之前染疫護理師，為不同樓層不同病房。