Taiwan News
Date: 2015-08-23
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The dengue fever epidemic continues to ravage southern Taiwan as the number of
Tainan leads nation in dengue cases. Central News Agency
patients affected with the disease this year has reached 993 as of August 18, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TCDC) said Sunday.
Former Tainan County mayor Su Huan-chih questioned the capability of the local government by saying it has not done enough to help reduce the outbreak as Tainan is now ranked first in the nation’s number of dengue contracts.
“It’s been two long weeks and all the debris left from Typhoon Soudelor has yet to be cleared. No wonder Tainan has become a hotbed for dengue,” he lamented on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Su also complained that twigs and branches from fallen trees are laid scattered on the streets unattended; especially the area around the Soulangh Cultural Park in the city’s Chaili District is dotted with debris over 100 meters long. [FULL STORY]
