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Wed, Apr 29, 2026 page1
CDC confirms rare imported case of measles from Japan in 7 years
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said an imported case of measles has been confirmed in a man who returned from Japan, marking the first case of measles from the country in seven years, so it has raised the travel notice for Japan to Level 1 — “watch.”
CDC epidemiologist Lin Yung-ching (林詠青) said the new case is a Taiwanese man in his 30s, who does not have a medical record of underlying health conditions and has not been vaccinated. He visited Nagoya earlier this month.
After returning to Taiwan on April 16, he began experiencing symptoms including a fever and coughing, so he sought treatment three times. He went to a hospital on Monday last week after developing a rash, Lin said, adding that he was reported as a suspected case of measles by the hospital and later tested positive...
Wed, Apr 29, 2026 page1
CDC confirms rare imported case of measles from Japan in 7 years
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said an imported case of measles has been confirmed in a man who returned from Japan, marking the first case of measles from the country in seven years, so it has raised the travel notice for Japan to Level 1 — “watch.”
CDC epidemiologist Lin Yung-ching (林詠青) said the new case is a Taiwanese man in his 30s, who does not have a medical record of underlying health conditions and has not been vaccinated. He visited Nagoya earlier this month.
After returning to Taiwan on April 16, he began experiencing symptoms including a fever and coughing, so he sought treatment three times. He went to a hospital on Monday last week after developing a rash, Lin said, adding that he was reported as a suspected case of measles by the hospital and later tested positive...