Tainan/Taipei, July 2 (CNA) Residents in Tainan have been urged to stay alert to mosquito breeding sites after dengue fever cases in the southern city climbed to 158 Sunday.
Taipei, June 24 (CNA) A man who recently returned from Germany has been diagnosed with monkeypox, in the first confirmed case of the viral disease in Taiwan, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.
Taiwan yesterday reported its first case of monkeypox, a man who recently returned from Germany.
On Monday, four days after his return, the man developed a fever, a sore throat, muscle pain, swollen lymph nodes and a rash, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said in a statement.
He sought medical attention two days later, and his case was reported to the CDC as a suspected monkeypox infection, the CDC said, adding that his test results returned earlier yesterday.
The man, who had been studying in Germany, is quarantining in hospital, the agency said.
The health conditions of five listed contacts three medical
Taipei, Jan. 31 (CNA) Sixteen of the 17 new domestic cases reported in Taiwan Monday have been linked to known cluster infections, but the source of one case reported in Kaohsiung remains unclear, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).