TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Three of the six new local COVID-19 cases announced Saturday (March 18) were likely infected at a wedding banquet in Chiayi County, the Central Epidemic Command Center said.

A total of 196 people present at the party have been asked to undergo testing or isolate after first one attendee from Chiayi City was confirmed as a COVID case, and three more were reported Saturday.

One new local infection who attended the banquet is the principal of an elementary school in the township of Minxiong, CNA reported. The school was later ordered to close for 10 days, with classes scheduled to resume on March 29, according to UDN.

On March 15, the man had attended a training event for school principals in Chiayi County, and on March 18 he was present at a dinner for neighborhood leaders at the Minxiong township government building.

Chiayi County Commissioner Weng Chang-liang (翁章梁) was also invited to the dinner, but he has already tested negative for the coronavirus, according to CNA.

In response to the cluster, a special team rushed out to disinfect the whole township of Minxiong Saturday morning while testing stations were set up for residents during the afternoon.

Participants in the wedding banquet, the principals’ meeting, and the neighborhood leaders’ dinner have all been notified that they should undergo COVID testing.