Taiwan identifies infection source of first COVID-19 fatality

As Taiwan announces its 24th case of the new coronavirus, health officials have resolved the question of who infected Taiwan''s first fatality from COVID-19. The first person to die was a private-hire car driver in Central Taiwan. Blood tests confirm that he had been infected by a male Taiwanese passenger who arrived from China''s Zhejiang province last month. This man had gotten a negative result using one COVID-19 test method. But antibodies for the virus were later found in his blood, indicating that he had been infected.Officials are still working to identify the infection source of Taiwan''s 24th virus patient. She''s a woman in her 60s with no recent travel history. Taiwan authorities emphasized that the virus was still only exhibiting "sporadic" local activity and was not yet widespread.