Taiwan doctor may have been infected during intubation of Covid patient


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Taiwan doctor may have been infected during intubation of Covid patient TaiwanNews | 6:02 AM Taiwan’s first doctor to test positive for the Wuhan coronavirus appears to have contracted the disease from a confirmed case he was treating, possibly during an intubation procedure. On Tuesday (January 12), Health minister and Central Epidemic Command centre (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung announced that Case No. 838 is a doctor at a hospital in northern Taiwan. The doctor’s diagnosis marks the first time since the start of the outbreak that a physician has been infected by a patient in Taiwan. The CECC believes that...