On Apr. 7, Tainan City Government announced 5 newly confirmed cases.
Case #25431 is a male in his twenties living in Sinshih District who had received 3 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He had contacted with New Taipei City’s Case #25149, 25150 and Pintung County’s Case #25436. On Apr. 4, he experienced throat illness and cough. On Apr. 5, he had a fever and tested positive by the rapid test; he then visited a hospital for specimen collection and was confirmed as a COVID-19 case by PCR with a Ct value of 12.9.
Case #25437 is a teenage girl living in Gueiren District who had received 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. She is a family member of Kaohsiung’s Case #25176. She had returned to her Kaohsiung’s home from Apr. 1 to Apr. 4. She experienced cough and sore throat on Apr. 5. On Apr. 6, she was identified to undergo home isolation since Case #25176 was confirmed as a COVID-19 case; after her specimen collection, she was also confirmed as a COVID-19 case with a Ct value of 16.7.
Case #25589 is a male in his twenties living in Shanhua District who had received 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He had contacted with Tainan’s Case #25693 from Apr. 2 to Apr. 4. On Apr. 5, he experienced a sore throat. On Apr. 6, since he had a fever, he then visited a hospital for specimen collection and was confirmed as a COVID-19 case with a Ct value of 13.9.
Case #25639 is a male in his twenties living in East District who had received 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He had contacted with Tainan’s Case #25589 from Apr. 2 to Apr. 4. On Apr. 4, he experienced a sore throat, runny nose and stuffy nose. On Apr. 6, he visited a hospital for specimen collection and was confirmed as a COVID-19 case with a Ct value of 24.
Case #25863 is a male in his fifties living in Madou District who had received 3 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He attended the feast of Madou Bei Xuan Shrine on Apr. 2. He had the same footprint as Kaohsiung’s Case #24795. He had visited Kaohsiung from Apr. 4 to Apr. 6. Though he didn’t show symptoms, he still visited a hospital for specimen collection and was confirmed as a COVID-19 case with a Ct value of 34.9 on Apr. 6.
Footprints of the above-mentioned cases were listed in the attachment. The city government urges citizens who had visited the same place as these cases did to acquire a COVID-19 home-test kit with the ID card from any of 37 district health stations in Tainan City on Apr. 7 and Apr. 8 (08:00-12:00、13:30-17:30); please be sure to report the test result within 24 hours after acquisition. Besides, Tainan City sets up community screening stations in South District, Madou District and Guanmiao District. (Information in attachment)