Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/10
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Sept. 10 (CNA) Taiwan has recorded its seventh imported case of Zika virus infection, a 20-year-old female student from Singapore who is studying at a university in southern Taiwan, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.

The CDC said it was the first reported case of Zika from Singapore, and the patient was the youngest among all the imported cases.

The student is from Aljunied Crescent, one of the cluster areas of Zika virus in Singapore, and visited Japan for sightseeing Aug. 26 to Sept. 3, according to the CDC.

On Sept. 1, she developed a rash, joint pain, headache and conjunctivitis, and she sought medical attention on Sept. 3, two days after she arrived in Taiwan, the CDC said.

Based on the patient’s account of her activities during the incubation period of the virus, the CDC confirmed that she had been infected in Singapore.     [FULL  STORY]