Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/29
By: Chang Ming-hsuan, Wu Jui-chi and intern Tiffany Chiu

Taipei, July 29 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed a new measles case in Taiwan but said it is still searching for the source of the infection because the patient works at Taoyuan International Airport and had not traveled abroad in the past month.

A man at his 20s was confirmed to be infected with the measles Sunday, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said, noting that the patient developed a fever on July 21 but did not see a doctor until a rash broke out on his face, chest and hands on July 24.

The case was reported to health authorities that day, and tissue samples were sent for laboratory testing. Two days later, the test results came back positive for measles, which led to Sunday's confirmation, according to the CDC.

The patient, who is currently in isolation at home, is a member of China Airlines' ground crew at the Taoyuan airport, where he worked at the airline's check-in counter and airport lounge in Terminals 1 and 2 on July 20, 22 and 23 before developing more severe symptoms, Chuang said.
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