Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/05
By: Chang Ming-hsuan and Flor Wang
Taipei, Sept. 5 (CNA) Taiwan recorded another seven cases of dengue fever Wednesday,
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bringing the total number so far this year to 81 and prompting stronger calls by the relevant authorities for greater public cooperation to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne disease in the peak season.
The seven new patients, six in Taichung and one in Kaohsiung, are between the ages of 40 and 70, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) said one of the six patients in Taichung is a woman in her 60s who developed symptoms of the disease on Aug. 15 and failed to report that she had contracted dengue fever.
Lo called on the public to be more cooperative with the government’s efforts to control the disease at a time when it has already spread to 9 districts in Taichung, the city with the highest number of cases this year. [FULL STORY]
