Taipei Times
Date: 0Sep 18, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday reported the first case of measles contracted in New
Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Guo Hung-wei yesterday gives an update on the first case of measles imported from New Zealand at a news conference at the Centers for Disease Control in Taipei.
Photo: CNA
A man in his 20s living in southern Taiwan who visited New Zealand with his family from Aug. 14 to Aug. 24 developed a fever on Sept. 1 and sought medical attention at clinics three times before he developed a rash and sought treatment at a hospital on Sept. 5 and again on Sept. 7.
On his last visit, he was finally confirmed to have measles and hospitalized.
CDC physician Huang Wan-ting (黃婉婷) said the man had initially been diagnosed with a cold and a viral infection. [FULL STORY]
