Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/13
By: Chen Wei-ting and Emerson Lim
Taipei, Oct. 13 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Sunday confirmed the first case of dengue fever in Taichung City this year, warning of an outbreak of the disease in the area if mosquito breeding grounds are not quickly eliminated.
The patient, a male in his 60s, developed a high fever, severe body pains and other symptoms on Oct. 9 and was taken to hospital, where he tested positive Sunday for the mosquito-borne viral disease, CDC Deputy Director-General Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞) told CNA.
Six containers of water found near the man’s home were most likely the breeding grounds of the Aedes mosquito that transmits the disease, Lo said, adding that there was a “medium” risk of the disease spreading in the area.
However, authorities are also considering that the source might have been another confirmed dengue patient, who had visited the area recently after returning from a trip to India, Lo said.
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