Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/02/22
By: Kuan Chung-wei and Ko Lin
Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Three more cases of measles have been confirmed in Taiwan, bringing the number
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since the beginning of the year to 20, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.
The new cases include a man in his 30s who had visited Macau during the Lunar New Year holiday, and a woman, also in her 30s, who had not traveled overseas in recent months.
The two patients developed symptoms Feb. 15 and Feb. 16, respectively, the CDC said.
The third patient is a university student in his 20s who had recently come into contact with a patient seeking treatment at a hospital in Taipei for a case of measles imported from Vietnam. [FULL STORY]
