TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Three COVID-19 cases from Taoyuan’s nail salon cluster spent hours at various hotspots in Taipei on Sunday (Jan. 23), the Department of Health said.
CNA reported that Taiwan's case Nos. 18,851, 18,852, and 18,853 had visited locations including the main lobby of Taipei Main Station, the Q Square mall, Shilin Night Market, Momentum Nike Jiantan, the 7-Eleven Shinfuching (新福慶) store, and the Shilin Shichuan Pork Chop restaurant (士林十全排骨店).
According to the Taipei Department of Health, the three individuals spent 3.5 hours in the Taipei Main Station lobby. Records show 2,400 people visited the lobby to get a shot that afternoon, as it was a walk-in vaccination site.
All locations visited by the three individuals were told to close for disinfection on Sunday afternoon (Jan. 30). The Taipei City Government sent 2,885 text messages to those whose footprints overlapped with the cases,’ urging them to get tested if they show symptoms such as a fever, cough, or diarrhea.
Per the Department of Health, the recipients of the text messages did not include people passing through Taipei Main Station. It has asked the hospital in charge of the vaccination site to provide a list of individuals who received a vaccine dose on Wednesday.