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Enterovirus cases continue to rise: CDC
2019/06/04 23:22:02
Kuo ****-wei (郭宏偉), deputy chief of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Center
Taipei, June 4 (CNA) Taiwan's weekly enterovirus case reports continued to increase last week, breaching the 11,000 mark, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday, which suggests that the epidemic might have yet to reach its annual peak.
Between May 26 and June 1, a total of 11,007 patients sought outpatient or emergency treatment at hospitals for enterovirus infection around Taiwan, up from 9.3 percent (10,236 cases) recorded the previous week, said Kuo ****-wei (郭宏偉), deputy chief of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Center.
Cases of the disease were most prevalent in Yilan County, Taoyuan, Miaoli County, Yunlin County, Chiayi City, Pingtung County, Hualien County and Taitung County, according to the CDC's weekly monitoring data.
The types of enterovirus infections that have been identified this year are the type 71 (EV71), coxsackievirus EV68, coxsackievirus A9, coxsackievirus A10, coxsackievirus B5 and echovirus type 11, Kuo said.
Among them, cases of the EV71 virus have been on the rise over the past four weeks, he said...
Enterovirus cases continue to rise: CDC
2019/06/04 23:22:02
Kuo ****-wei (郭宏偉), deputy chief of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Center
Taipei, June 4 (CNA) Taiwan's weekly enterovirus case reports continued to increase last week, breaching the 11,000 mark, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday, which suggests that the epidemic might have yet to reach its annual peak.
Between May 26 and June 1, a total of 11,007 patients sought outpatient or emergency treatment at hospitals for enterovirus infection around Taiwan, up from 9.3 percent (10,236 cases) recorded the previous week, said Kuo ****-wei (郭宏偉), deputy chief of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Center.
Cases of the disease were most prevalent in Yilan County, Taoyuan, Miaoli County, Yunlin County, Chiayi City, Pingtung County, Hualien County and Taitung County, according to the CDC's weekly monitoring data.
The types of enterovirus infections that have been identified this year are the type 71 (EV71), coxsackievirus EV68, coxsackievirus A9, coxsackievirus A10, coxsackievirus B5 and echovirus type 11, Kuo said.
Among them, cases of the EV71 virus have been on the rise over the past four weeks, he said...
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