- Taiwan health authorities said on Wednesday (Jan 13) they had confirmed the first case of the highly transmissible South African variant of COVID-19, in an eSwatini national being treated in hospital.
- The infection with the variant had been confirmed on Tuesday by laboratory test, the Central Epidemic Command Centre said.
- The man in his 30s had arrived in Taiwan to work on Dec 24 and began developing symptoms while in quarantine and was initially confirmed to have COVID-19 on Jan 3, according to details previously released by the government.
- The small southern African country of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is Taiwan’s only remaining diplomatic ally on the continent.
- Taiwan has reported 843 COVID-19 cases including seven deaths. Almost all the cases have been imported and about 100 people are being treated in hospital.
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