Mailiao Wedding Cluster Now Has Six Cases 雲林麥寮喜宴傳播鏈擴大 累計6確診

The case count of the Yunlin County wedding banquet cluster is now at six. The health bureau says 107 people have been asked to be quarantined.

A truck disinfects the streets of Taihsi after six new cases were confirmed in Yunlin County on the 17th. Three of the cases were connected to the Mailiao wedding banquet, including a 60-something farmer and his daughter, and a family member that lives with them.

Chang Yi-chun, Deputy Director, Yunlin County Public Health Bureau: “We're still following up on this outbreak and there are new cases being reported, including three new cases on April 17. Two of them were wedding guests and the third is one of the two's family members.”

The banquet took place on April 10, and the first case from the cluster -- a 30-something woman who lives in Huwei -- was reported on April 14. Two more cases were reported on the 16th and three more on the 17th for a total of six so far.

Chang Yi-chun, Deputy Director, Yunlin County Public Health Bureau: “We have asked 107 people (from the wedding) to quarantine at home. Fifty-five of them live in the county and 52 live outside the county. Of the 55 in our county, five of the 55 wedding guests, or 10 percent, have tested positive so far.”

The bureau says the places the six people frequent are mostly in Huwei, Mailiao and Taihsi and the places they visited recently have all been disinfected. Local officials say anyone that attended the wedding on the 10th should get tested immediately if they start developing symptoms like cough or sore throat.

消毒車在雲林台西街路來回清消，因為昨日雲林新增6例本土確診個案，有3例個案與麥寮餐廳喜宴傳播鏈有關係，包括住雲林台西一名60多歲養殖戶與女兒，一起參加4月10日在麥寮這場喜宴，再傳染給同住家人。

雲林縣衛生局副局長張翌君表示：「這個案子一直到目前都還持續在追蹤中，也陸續都有發生案例，到4月17日當天總共有3例，2例是本身有參加喜宴，另外1例是延伸到她的同住家人。」

雲林縣衛生局表示，這場喜宴4月10日中午在麥寮一分利餐廳舉辦，第一例發病個案在4月14日30多歲住虎尾女子；緊接昨日又增加2例；今日再增加3例，到目前喜宴傳播列已共6例確診。

雲林縣衛生局副局長張翌君表示：「（喜宴）總共匡列107人要做居家隔離的，107人在本縣的有55位，在外縣市有52位，在我們本縣市匡列的55位當中，就已經有本身有參加喜宴，就有5位（確診），將近10%機率。」

衛生局表示，目前這6人平時出入活動區域包括虎尾、麥寮與台西3鄉鎮，確診足跡也都已經完成清消，但要呼籲4月10日這天有到麥寮一分利這間餐廳的民眾，若有相關咳嗽、喉嚨痛等症狀，趕緊通報衛生單位做篩檢，避免傳播鏈再擴大。