Government announcement.....
The first case of domestic Jingwaiyiru Zika (Zika) virus infection cases, Zika virus infection intended as the second category of notifiable infectious diseases, and Central and South America and Southeast Asia to enhance tourism epidemic recommendation grade six countries
Source: Centers for Disease Control Department
The Programme announced the first case of the disease Jingwaiyiru Zika (Zika) virus infection cases, when a Thai man in the Department of Immigration at Taoyuan Airport on January 10 this year, was stopped at a fever screening station seized by the department's blood specimen Laboratory tests confirmed the infection. This is the disease since 2003 UNDCP laboratory surveillance Zika virus test specimen of about 50,000 since the first case of infection was found. Given the Zika virus outbreak in South and Central America is currently growing proliferation of pop, and the disease also may be associated with neonatal microcephaly disease related to the virus infection occurred further monitor prevention and control, in order to safeguard the health and safety of people, disease pipe in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Department of the the Zika virus included in our second category of notifiable infectious diseases, such as doctors suspected cases should be notified within 24 hours. The department and improve Latin America and the Caribbean and six countries in Southeast Asia Travel epidemic recommendation rating.
Illness tube department said the case of 24-year-old Thai male nationals (residing in northern Thailand), with fever at the airport fever screening station on January 10 was stopped by immigration, which represents the first three months were in Thailand for the first time to work desk, January 9 at the time of Thailand that is fever, headache and other symptoms. Specimen collection by quarantine officers dengue rapid test negative, the specimen sent to the laboratory tests to determine their Zika virus infection; its companion 2 person with company employees, were living in northern Thailand, a person has a sore throat, headache, after medical treatment has been improve, and the other one slight sore throat, phlegm, 2 people seized by the mining Zika virus, dengue fever were negative. Currently stable condition cases, recovery situation is good; 5 people in Taiwan and colleagues 10 inmates per capita no suspectedsymptoms, health unit has been cleared and the vector mosquito breeding source density surveys and other prevention work on casework to the surrounding.
From the second half of 2015 Zika virus outbreak quickly spread to Central and South America, so far at least 17 countries in Central and South America appear local epidemic and the Caribbean. In addition to the above-mentioned areas, the African Cape Verde indigenous cases have appeared in Europe and the United States and Canada are sporadic cases of Central and South America and Southeast Asia moved. Zika virus have been detected in Asia countries, including Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, from 2013 to 2015 and has since Malaysia, Thailand, the Maldives and Indonesia's output to record his country's case. In addition, in some cases appear microcephaly Brazil, French Polynesia in some cases appear Guillain - Barre syndrome (Guillain-Barre syndrome, GBS), Microcephaly newborn birth of Hawaii Jingwaiyiru of detection of infection in pregnant women Zika virus, but these neurological abnormalities and Zika virus infection has yet to clarify the association.
Central and South America and the Caribbean occurred microcephaly dramatic increase in cases of pregnant women may have a risk-based, disease pipe Department announced that with immediate effect to enhance the Central and South America and the Caribbean Tourism epidemic proposal to warning (Alert), other Asia Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia , the Philippines, Thailand and the Maldives six countries currently at risk of infection is also possible, and the country has emerged from the region's first case moved, it will upgrade its tourism epidemic recommendation to note (Watch). The Programme recommends illness, pregnant women, please be deferred to endemic areas, pregnant women and planning to become pregnant, please inform the doctor and take appropriate precautions as necessary to go to the local women, such as wearing light-colored long-sleeved clothes, exposed skin smear guard Fukube approved pharmaceutical and other mosquito; the general public, such as plans go, can come from behind domestic tourism medical clinic assess the risk of infection, and make protective measures. Information available to the illness UNDCP WWW (
http://www.cdc.gov.tw) or call toll-free vaccination Line 1922 (or 0800-001922) contact.
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