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Two contacts of local BA.5-infected patients test positive for COVID

Two contacts of local BA.5-infected patients test positive for COVID

2022-08-02

Taiwan on Tuesday reported 23,302 local COVID cases and 31 COVID-related deaths. Meanwhile, contact-tracing efforts are underway in Taipei to find contacts of two people confirmed with the BA.5 subvariant. So far, two of their contacts have tested positive for COVID, but genetic sequencing results are still to come out. Let’s hear from the CECC.

Philip Lo
CECC
Yesterday we reported two special patients, two local infections of the BA.5 subvariant. We have tested their families and colleagues, but genetic sequencing results won’t come out for another day or two. We’ll announce the results once we have them.

It remains to be seen how widespread the BA.5 subvariant is in Taiwan. Something that is growing, however, is the number of people with long COVID. So far 3,174 patients have sought medical help at 108 designated clinics around Taiwan. Many patients report shortness of breath, and difficulty even climbing up one flight of stairs.

北市2例BA.5接觸者採檢陽性 基因定序未出爐

2022-08-02

國內今天新增23,302例本土個案,另外有31人死亡,而昨天台北市兩起BA.5社區傳播個案,有兩名接觸者採檢陽性,目前基因定序尚未出爐。

[[疫情指揮中心醫療應變組長 羅一均]]
“針對昨天公布的幾個比較特殊的變異株的案例,BA.5本土的部分,家人跟同事的檢體我們都是剛收到,所以這個定序大概還需要一兩天時間,有結果就會跟大家做報告”

BA.5的社區傳播是否擴大,還不得而知,倒是染疫後出現後遺症的人越來越多,全台108家康復者門診,目前累積收案人數達3174人,許多患者確診後都變得容易喘,甚至連一層樓梯都爬不完。

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