Pilot blamed for Taiwan's first local Covid transmission since April
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from on (#5BYN4)
Taiwanese woman had contact with New Zealander who had flown flights to US
Taiwan's world-leading run of 253 days since its last local Covid-19 infection is over, after the diagnosis of a close contact of a foreign pilot who visited Taipei while infectious.
Health authorities said a woman in her 30s had tested positive, the first case outside of hotel quarantine since 12 April. She was confirmed as a close contact of the pilot, a New Zealander in his 60s working for a Taiwanese airline, whom authorities had announced as a quarantined case on Sunday.
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