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    Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/afav/201705260009.aspx

    Type-A flu cluster infection reported at Taipei hospital
    2017/05/26 13:46:26

    Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Thirteen people have been infected with type-A inf1uenza virus at the Renai branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed on Friday.

    CDC Deputy Director-general Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said a total of 19 people, mainly patients and hospital staff, developed flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough and muscle pain, at the hospital over the past few days.

    Preliminary tests of tissue samples from six of the sick showed that five were found to have been infected with H3N2, a vairant virus of type A flu, Chuang said...

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