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Coronavirus

Taiwan fines coronavirus patient $10,000 for 'hiding' illness

Man fails to disclose symptoms then visits nightclub after returning from Wuhan

TAIPEI -- A man infected with the new coronavirus will pay a penalty of 300,000 New Taiwan dollars ($10,000) for concealing his illness after traveling to Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, Taiwanese health authorities said Saturday.

The man is one of three people as of Saturday in Taiwan who had been diagnosed as suffering from the potentially deadly infection, which can cause pneumonia.

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