Taiwan News
Date: 2018/09/11
By: Central News Agency
A 78-year-old woman has become the first reported indigenous dengue fever case in
Tainan sees a case of dengue fever. (By Central News Agency)
Tainan this year, health authorities in the southern city announced Tuesday.
The woman living in Tainan’s South District sought medical treatment and underwent screening for dengue Sunday after feeling unwell that day and coming down with a fever. She was hospitalized the following day, said Chen Yi, head of the city government’s dengue fever prevention and control center.
The woman was later confirmed to have dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4), Chen said.
The Tainan health authorities also determined the patient to be this year’s first indigenous dengue fever case in the southern city, according to Chen. [FULL STORY]
