Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/08
By: Chang Ming-hsuan and Ko Lin
Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) Indigenous dengue fever continues to spread across Taiwan, with
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new cases reported in Changhua County and Yonghe District in New Taipei, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.
Changhua County, which had not been affected by the mosquito-borne disease this year, despite numerous cases in neighboring Taichung City, reported its first case of indigenous dengue fever.
The patient is a female junior high school student who developed a fever on Aug. 30. Tests later confirmed on Friday that she had contracted the type 1 (DENV-1) dengue virus infection, according to the CDC.
Meanwhile, Yonghe District also reported its first case of indigenous dengue fever that day. The patient is a woman in her 30s, who also contracted the type 1 virus, CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) said. [FULL STORY]