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Taiwan protests H7N9 listing on official Japanese website
2013/11/26 18:52:08
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday that its office in Japan has lodged a protest with the Japanese government and demanded a correction to a website that listed Taiwan as an area with the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Kao said that the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan contacted authorities in Japan and was told that the record of H7N9 infections in Taiwan and China had been listed separately.
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In fact, Taiwan has been listed in updated H7N9 advisories posted on the official website of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with China, the only two countries in the world in which H7N9 cases have been reported.
The Japanese advisories continue to list one case confirmed in Taiwan and the many cases confirmed in China.
They do not specify, however, that the Taiwanese case, which was confirmed on April 24, 2013, was imported from China because it involved an individual who caught the disease there.
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2013/11/26 18:52:08
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday that its office in Japan has lodged a protest with the Japanese government and demanded a correction to a website that listed Taiwan as an area with the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Kao said that the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan contacted authorities in Japan and was told that the record of H7N9 infections in Taiwan and China had been listed separately.
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In fact, Taiwan has been listed in updated H7N9 advisories posted on the official website of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with China, the only two countries in the world in which H7N9 cases have been reported.
The Japanese advisories continue to list one case confirmed in Taiwan and the many cases confirmed in China.
They do not specify, however, that the Taiwanese case, which was confirmed on April 24, 2013, was imported from China because it involved an individual who caught the disease there.
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