Dengue fever escalates to 8,677 cases in Taiwan

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/12
By: Chen Wei-ting and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) The number of dengue fever cases recorded since the

A health department worker sprays pesticide in a household yesterday in this photo provided by Chiayi's Health Department. Another dengue fever case was confirmed in Chiayi Country, where it was reported that the victim commuted to work in Tainan City's Xinying District. The patient's coworker was also diagnosed with the fever, and was suspected to have caught the disease in Tainan as well. (CNA)

A health department worker sprays pesticide in a household yesterday in this photo provided by Chiayi’s Health Department.  (CNA)

start of summer in Taiwan has risen to 8,677 as the potentially deadly disease continues to spread on the island, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.

As of Friday, 7,660 cases had been reported in the southern municipality of Tainan, 885 in neighboring Kaohsiung, and 28 in Pingtung, according to CDC figures.

The number of cases reported in these three localities accounts for 98.8 percent of the national total.     [FULL  STORY]

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