Thursday, December 9, 2021

Taiwan has its first COVID case in a month after a lab worker was bitten by a COVID-19-infected mouse

Straits Times:

A mouse bite is at the centre of an investigation into a possible new Covid-19 outbreak in Taiwan, after a worker at a high-security laboratory was confirmed as the island's first local case in more than a month.

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Health authorities have identified 94 people who came into contact with the lab worker since she was infected

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she resigned from her job earlier this month.

In 2020, Pro Publica detailed several accidents at at a UNC high-security lab, including two mouse bites.