The contacts of a family believed to be infected with the BA.5 Omicron subvariant of the COVID-19 virus have all tested negative for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Sunday.

The three family members — a married couple and their adult daughter — had tested positive for COVID-19 in early July, and the daughter’s case was considered a re-infection, as she had contracted the disease before, in May, the CECC said.

Genome sequencing done by the CECC found that the daughter was infected with the BA.5 subvariant, which was the first such case in Taiwan unconnected to an imported source, according to the CECC.

Five close contacts of the daughter were earlier tested for COVID-19, and the results were all negative, according to the CECC.

On Sunday, CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (???) said seven other contacts of the family have also tested negative for the disease.

The seven people are co-workers of the mother, who is believed to have been the first person in the family to have contracted COVID-19, Chuang said.

Genome sequencing will be conducted to determine whether the woman and her husband were also infected with the BA.5 subvariant, Chuang said.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel