3 Taiwan residents test positive for COVID-19 in Japan

Three people from Taiwan, including two infants, tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Japan in the past fortnight, the island's epidemic-monitoring agency said Wednesday.

According to the agency, it has launched an investigation after receiving notices from Japan about the cases.

One of the infants, less than 1 year old, flew to Japan on October 12 with his family, and the other one, aged 1 year, arrived in Japan on October 14. The third case was a woman in her 30s who flew to Japan on October 14.

All of them took COVID-19 tests upon their arrival at the Japanese airport and the results were positive, the agency said.

One infant and the woman have not shown any symptoms thus far, but the other child developed a fever and respiratory symptoms on September 28, although he recovered before his departure.

The agency has identified 155 people who had contact with the patients in Taiwan, 147 of whom have been tested for COVID-19.

Of the 147, 33 have tested negative in both COVID-19 nucleic acid and antibody testing, while the other 114 people only took nucleic acid testing, which have all come back negative, the agency said.

The agency also announced that an Indonesian student tested positive for COVID-19 in Taiwan Wednesday, raising the island's total number of infections to 544. This is the third day that Taiwan has reported new cases.

The Indonesian arrived in Taiwan on October 5 and had a cough and sore throat during the 14-day quarantine period, but he did not report them to the disease-control agency. He was tested for the virus at the end of the quarantine period.