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Taiwanese airline EVA Air has dismissed a pilot who failed to observe Taiwan’s Covid-19 management measures and was related to the island’s first domestically transmitted case since April, the state-run Central News Agency (CNA) reported Wednesday.
CNA reported the firm dismissed the New Zealand pilot, who didn’t put on a masks and contaminated two colleagues.
The pilot, aged in his 60s, additionally failed to disclose data to the corporate and well being officers.
What’s the background? On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Health Ministry introduced that it had recorded its first locally-transmitted coronavirus case since April.
The island has had one of essentially the most profitable pandemic responses on this planet, and the new an infection ended a 255-day run with out native transmission, underscoring the difficulties in controlling the virus even in areas the place it has been largely stamped out.
Who was contaminated? According to the Health Ministry assertion, a girl in her 30s was contaminated after having contact with the overseas pilot, who additionally examined optimistic for the virus, between December 8 and 12. Contact tracing investigators discovered the pilot had visited “multiple public places” throughout that point interval.
The pilot flew to the United States on November 29 and returned to Taiwan on December 4. He underwent Covid-19 testing on December 18 and examined optimistic for antibodies on December 20.
Possible advantageous: The pilot may face a advantageous of 60,000 to 300,000 New Taiwan {dollars} ($2,100 to $10,600) for “failing to inform” authorities of his full contact and exercise historical past through the contact tracing investigation.
