Taipei Times
Date: Mar 06, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Eight people died of the flu last week, while the peak influenza season in Taiwan could be over by the
Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Kuo Hung-wei gives an update on influenza cases at a news conference at the Centers for Disease Control in Taipei yesterday.Photo: Lin Hui-chin, Taipei Times
end of this month, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.
Nationwide, 86,829 flu-like illnesses were reported, 5 percent less than the week before, Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Kuo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said.
There were 44 cases of flu-related serious complications, mainly from type A influenza virus, 25 cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus, with 27 cases involving people 65 or older and 12 cases where the patients were aged 50 to 64, he said.
In the cases of death, the patients were aged 50 to 85, seven of whom had chronic diseases and six who had not been vaccinated for this year’s flu season, CDC physician Lin Yung-ching (林詠青) said. [FULL STORY]
