Taiwan: 2020 Hantavirus

[kiwibird]

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3928948

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A man in Keelung City has been diagnosed with hantavirus, the first case in northern Taiwan this year and the fourth nationwide.

The patient, who is in his 40s, is a restaurant worker in the port city. He started exhibiting symptoms of the disease, including fever, diarrhea, and muscle pain, on April 10.

He was hospitalized on April 11, but the first screening failed to identify the cause of the illness. A second test was conducted on April 27 and led to a confirmed diagnosis of hantavirus on Tuesday (May 5), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202006230020

Taiwan reports one new case of hantavirus hemorrhagic fever
06/23/2020 06:31 PM

Taipei, June 23 (CNA) Another patient in Taiwan has been diagnosed with hantavirus hemorrhagic fever, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to seven so far this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.

The patient, in his 40s, lives in Pingtung County and works at a meat processing plant in Kaohsiung, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Liu Ting-ping (劉定萍) said at a weekly briefing in Taipei...

...As of June 22, seven cases of hantavirus had been confirmed nationwide -- four in Kaohsiung, and one each in Pingtung County, New Taipei and Keelung City, according to CDC data...