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Taiwan Tracing New Cases, Restricts Gatherings

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan reported seven domestic COVID-19 cases with the source of six of the infections still under investigation, its Central Epidemic Command Center said Tuesday.

Five cases were discovered in a gaming cafe in Yilan county on Taiwan’s eastern coast. Another was found in New Taipei City, just outside the capital. None of the cases had any history of international travel. Health authorities are doing contact tracing to determine the source of the infection.

The seventh was a person already in quarantine who had been in contact with a cluster discovered in recent weeks after pilots working for Taiwan’s China Airlines tested positive. Over 30 cases have been discovered so far.

In response, health authorities said they will ban indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and ban outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people.

Taiwan has been a success story throughout the pandemic, keeping deaths and cases to a minimum with strict border controls and a mandatory two-week quarantine for arrivals. It has counted 1,210 cases of COVID-19 to date, with the vast majority imported and some cases of domestic transmission.

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The Cities: Alexandroupolis Komotini Xanthi Kavala Drama Towns/Villages: Soufli Orestiada Didymoteicho Maronia Fanari Porto Lagos Eleftheroupoli Keramoti Nea Karvali Doxato - near Drama Kazavitis Limenaria Limenas Chora Samothrace Islands: Thassos Samothrace Museums: Archaeological Museum of Alexandroupolis Archaeological Museum of Komotini Archaeological Museum of Abdera Archaeological Museum of Kavala Archaeological Museum of Drama Archaeological Museum of Thassos Archaeological Museum of Samothrace Municipal Art Gallery of Didymoteicho The Art of Silk Museum of Soufli The Mineral Museum of Evros Municipal Art Gallery of Xanthi The House of Shadows in Xanthi Monuments: Ecclesiastical Museum of Komotini - Imaret of Komotini Halil Bey Mosque of Kavala Remains of ancient Via Egnatia Anastasiadis House (Marbled House) of Drama Archaeological Sites: Evros-Didymoteicho – Land of the Castles: Pythio, Kale, Avanta, Potamou Archaeological Exhibition of Spileo Megalithic Gate of Ancient Ismara in Maroneia Ancient Theater of Maroneia Archaeological Site of Avdira (Abdera) – home of philosophers: Democritus, Protagoras, etc.

Welcome to some highlights of the history, cities, sites, and nature that await visitors to Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

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