2023-08-22 09:50:50
The Health Bureau of the New Taipei City Government stated today that on August 20, it was notified of the first locally confirmed case of dengue fever in New Taipei City this year. A total of 22 contacts have been identified, all of which were negative in the quick test, and 379 people were under simultaneous health monitoring. The cumulative number of local cases of dengue fever has exceeded 2,000 this year, and the scope has expanded to 14 counties and cities including New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Hsinchu.
The Health Bureau of the New Taipei City Government stated on the 22nd that it received notification on the 20th of the first local confirmed case of dengue fever in New Taipei City this year. (Photo/provided by the Health Bureau)
The Health Bureau issued a press release stating that the local case was a 30-year-old male in Bali District. After the epidemic investigation, the case was an employee of the cleaning team of the Environmental Protection Bureau. He went to Gukeng Township, Yunlin County to support the spraying work from August 7th to 9th. After returning to the north, he developed fever, headache, and pain in the posterior eye socket on August 14th. , joint pain and other symptoms.
The Health Bureau stated that the case was notified by the medical institution, and the diagnosis was confirmed on August 20. The source of infection was determined to be Yunlin County. A total of 22 contacts have been identified, and none of them have relevant symptoms so far. 2 of them are family members who live with them and the rapid screening test is negative. .
The Health Bureau stated that in addition to the epidemic investigation, the Bali District Office was immediately mobilized to strengthen the environmental cleaning of the whole district, and carried out chemical prevention and control spraying and cleaning operations for a radius of 200 meters outside the main activities of the case, and for a radius of 50 meters around the case’s home. , carried out door-to-door spraying and cleaning and expanded epidemic investigation, and simultaneously monitored the health of 379 people to closely monitor the development of the epidemic.
According to the CDC press release, the local epidemic situation continues to heat up. The first local cases of dengue fever occurred in New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, and Hsinchu County last week. As of August 21 this year, a total of 2,135 local cases have been reported, covering 14 counties and cities. The number of cases is the second highest in the same period in the past 10 years; and there are clusters of epidemics under surveillance in Tainan City, Yunlin County, Kaohsiung City, and Pingtung County.
According to the CDC, there have been a total of 10 severe cases this year, aged between 60s and 80s, including 8 cases in Yunlin County and 2 cases in Tainan City. Returned home; another unreported fatal case of severe illness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pointed out that the dengue fever epidemic in neighboring Southeast Asia and South Asia is on the rise and there are continuous cases of imported cases entering Taiwan. Today, the travel epidemic recommendation level of seven countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina has been raised to level 2 “warning” .
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