Saturday, April 18, 2020

Taiwan's navy personnel contaminated by epidemic, more than 700 people under centralized quarantine

Reporters : Gao Jianlun, Zhao Tingyu, Taipei
Publisher : NTDTV Asia Pacific
Ref : https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/04/18/a102826259.html
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                  / KUCINTA SETIA

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Taiwan’s first three navy personnel, including two warship interns and a professional soldier, were diagnosed with covid on 18 April 2020. At present, there are 3 warships in the same team with 3 cases involving a total of more than 700 people. Hundreds of officers and soldiers on the warship have disembarked on Wednesday, and they have entered the community for free activities on these two days. The outside world is worried that the pressure of cluster infection will increase.


The two warship interns were living in the same bedroom with a professional soldier. There are more than 700 officers and students and three warships in the same team as the three cases.

Chen Shizhong, commander of the Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center, said, "All the students who go home on vacation, at home or outside, are not allowed to go out, and the military will arrange traffic at night, and all will be admitted to the centralized quarantine at 5 pm today. There are seven locations in total. "

Those who are on the ship will not enter or leave, and will arrange for centralized isolation. After the personnel are removed, the whole ship will be disinfected. 

After boarding the ship on 21 February 2020, the three cases stopped at Palau halfway (12 to 15 March), then sailed on the high seas for nearly 30 days, and disembarked from the military port on 15 April 2020. The outside world is worried that hundreds of officers and soldiers on the warships that have already disembarked on 15 April have entered the community freely in the past two days. The probability of cluster infection will increase.

Chen Shizhong, commander of the Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center: "In fact, we have been on this week for six days without our local case. From Monday to the present, but it is still not a time to relax, we must still maintain a high degree of vigilance . "

Since President Tsai Ing-wen once went to visit when the Dunmu ship returned to Taiwan, are there concerns of contact infection?

Admiral Zhang Zheping, Deputy Minister of National Defense, said, "The officers and men on the ship did not disembark, and President Cai did not board the ship, and then kept at least 5 metres or more, which is within the social safety distance and she waved to them. Just as they left the port where they were moored, President Tsai has no worries about being infected in this regard. "

President Tsai Ing-wen also posted on Facebook that epidemic prevention is regarded as combat and there must be no breaks. In the face of the epidemic situation, there must be no fluke, and all anti-epidemic measures must be strictly implemented.

Updates 

A total of 24 people have been diagnosed in the three warships of the Taiwan Dunmu Fleet. The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense said on 19 Apri 2020 that Dunmu’s voyage was implemented after a complete evaluation, so the Central Epidemic Command Center was not informed in advance.

Comprehensive Taiwan media reported that after the three naval ships and more than 700 officers and men of the Taiwan Navy Dunmu Fleet disembarked on April 15, three people were diagnosed with COVID-19 on 18 April and 21 more people were diagnosed today. In view of the severe international epidemic and the strict control of the flow of entry and exit people, some media asked whether the command center had been notified before the voyage. The Ministry of Defense of Taiwan responded that it had not notified the command center of the plan.

Shi Shunwen, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said that the planning process for the Dunmu Fleet ’s voyage was very rigorous. When the case was decided, anti-epidemic measures were considered, including shortening the time spent in a country and shortening the overall voyage. This is a complete evaluation process. .

As for whether there are hidden problems, Shi Shunwen mentioned that the first confirmed crew member had a headache symptom earlier, but because of the turbulent voyage, this situation is not uncommon, so the medical officer judged it as a general headache. The other two did not raise medical needs or medical conditions with the medical officer.

Chen Zongyan, deputy commander of the command center, pointed out that the Ministry of Defence should only ask about the status of ocean-going fishing vessels and international cruise ships when returning, such as not contacting other ships and docking the ship’s mouth within 30 days from the first day of entry.

In response to the public’s concerns about insufficient information transparency and difficulties in investigations, Commander Chen Shizhong responded that he was indeed worried about the difficulties of “honest epidemic”, but the Ministry of Defense has fully cooperated with the command center, and now he is worried that social pressure will make relevant personnel When being honest, it is more stressful.

Chen Shizhong said, "How to properly discover the truth, reduce pressure, and improve management in the future, this should be a social consensus."

At the same time, due to the presence of multiple diagnoses in the Dunmu Fleet, the Taiwan military's combat readiness exercises will be postponed. Deputy Defense Minister Zhang Zheping revealed today that the Hanguang exercise scheduled for April has been postponed to September, and the military's training will be postponed. As for whether other exercises will be postponed, it will need to be evaluated.

Ref : https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20200419-1046764

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