Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/05
By: Chen Wei-ting and Kuan-lin Liu
Taipei, April 5 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is monitoring 3,013
Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥)/CNA file photo
individuals who have come into contact with 11 people in Taiwan confirmed to have contracted measles, in order to prevent a further wave of infections.
The CDC confirmed on Thursday five new cases of measles in the country, taking the total tally for this year to 11 — six imported and five domestic.
Of the five new cases, one of the measles-infected individuals is a flight attendant for Taiwan’s budget carrier Tigerair Taiwan, the third member of the airline’s flight crew to have been confirmed to be infected with the virus.
Given the nature of their job, the flight attendants have come into contact with thousands of people across Taiwan and those interactions are being closely monitored by local health departments. [FULL STORY]
