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1.媒體來源:
New York Times
紐約時報

2.記者署名
By Reuters

3.完整新聞標題:
Taiwan Virus Cases Spike, Mostly Navy Sailors on Palau Trip

4.完整新聞內文:

April 19, 2020Updated?3:45 a.m. ET

TAIPEI — Taiwan reported 22 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, almost all of th
em sailors who had been on a friendly visit of Taiwanese navy ships to the sma
ll Pacific island state of Palau last month.

Taiwan has to date been relatively successful at controlling the coronavirus d
ue to early prevention and detection, and last week celebrated three days in w
hich no new cases were reported.

But on Saturday Taiwan said that three cadets who had been part of the mission
 to Palau, one of only 15 countries to maintain formal diplomatic ties with Ta
iwan, had been infected, and that 700 sailors were being quarantined and teste
d.

The 21 sailors whose positive tests the government announced on Sunday bring t
he total cases in the navy to 24.
Speaking at a news conference, Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said the
 cases had so far only been discovered on one of the three ships that had visi
ted Palau, but that further investigations were needed before they could say w
here exactly the sailors had contracted the virus.

Mei Chia-shu, deputy commander of Taiwan's navy, gave a deep bow in an express
ion of apology at the same news conference for the infections and not properly
 carrying out prevention measures.

"We will exert all efforts to look after our infected personnel and care for t
heir family members," he said.

The sailors had all disembarked on Wednesday upon arriving back in Taiwan. The
 ships had docked at Palau from March 12-15.

Palau President Tommy Remengesau told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday tha
t his country of 20,000 people had not had a single case of the coronavirus an
d that he was going to close borders to keep the virus out.

Palau has received help from Taiwan to fight the virus, including testing susp
ected cases and receiving face masks from Taiwan.

Taiwan's presidential office said on Saturday that President Tsai Ing-wen had
been at the ceremony to welcome back the ships but had only waved to the sailo
rs from the shore and had not been exposed to the risk of infection.

These are the first coronavirus cases reported in Taiwan's military.

The new cases bring Taiwan's total to 420, six of whom have died.

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5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/19/world/asia/19reuters-health-coronav
irus-taiwan.html

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