Taiwan concerned about expansion of Japanese encephalitis

CDC reported first death earlier in June

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/25
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Concern was growing about the expansion of Japanese encephalitis as three new cases were reported Tuesday (June 25) in three different areas of the northwest and south.

The viral infection is transmitted mostly by three types of mosquitoes, with children especially at risk. Symptoms are vague but include headaches, fever, disorientation and paralysis among others.

Taiwan registered its first death from Japanese encephalitis just weeks ago, when a 50-year-old woman succumbed in Kaohsiung.

The new cases Tuesday involved a woman in her fifties in Hsinchu County, a man in his fifties in Chiayi City and a woman in her thirties in Pingtung County, the Liberty Times quoted the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as saying.    [FULL  STORY]