Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/25
By: Chen Wei-ting and Ko Lin
Taipei, Aug. 25 (CNA) More indigenous dengue fever cases have been reported in
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Taichung, including a four-year-old girl, the youngest victim this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.
The central Taiwanese city has reported six new cases, among them the young child who still has a fever and is receiving treatment, CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) said.
Symptoms of dengue fever are generally milder in younger children, but need to be closely monitored for 4-6 days after being contracted, Lo said.
However, he also cautioned parents that the best protection is to prevent bites by infected mosquitoes and suggested children wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants when in dengue fever epidemic areas. [FULL STORY]