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H1N1 outbreak unlikely despite growing number of cases: experts

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aLIV&ID=201012140031

H1N1 outbreak unlikely despite growing number of cases: experts
2010/12/14 21:01:52

Taipei, Dec. 14 (CNA) The number of influenza A(H1N1) infections in Taiwan has been rising over the past few weeks, but the situation is not expected to escalate into a full-fledged outbreak, according to health experts.

Deputy Director-General of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Lin Ting said Tuesday that 43 percent of the flu cases reported in the past three months were caused by the A(H1N1) virus, 33 percent by the A/H3 virus and 23 percent by the influenza B virus.

The ratios have changed, he noted, saying that in the past, 80 percent of flu infections in the country were caused by the A/H3 virus...
 
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