https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3931764
No new local cases for 29 days but one death (a man who contracted the virus in the US)
No new local cases for 29 days but one death (a man who contracted the virus in the US)
Quote:The deceased, case No. 197, was a man in his 40s who had contracted the disease while visiting family in the U.S. for 10 days in early March.
The man returned to Taiwan on March 18, first developed a fever on March 19, and sought medical treatment on March 21. He was diagnosed on March 24 and was admitted into a hospital isolation ward.
On March 28, he was transferred to an intensive care unit due to severe respiratory symptoms and was placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) life support. According to the CECC, the man died from multiple organ failure on May 10.