Half of 49 flu cases infected in Thailand
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June 15, 2009 by fluoutbreak
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Five new cases of A(H1N1) influenza cases tested yesterday raised the total number of swine flu infections in Taiwan to 49, and half of them were infected during travel to Thailand, according to the Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC).
Three of the newly identified patients were found to have been infected while traveling in Thailand, while the other two caught the virus in the United States, said Shih Wen-yi, spokesman for the CECC and a senior official at the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Shih said 48 of Taiwan’s 49 A(H1N1) virus infections have been imported, with 25 or half coming from Thailand and 17 from the United States.
The center advised that people refrain from traveling to areas affected by A(H1N1) flu.
To those who insist on traveling to those destinations, CECC experts suggested that they read local reports on the swine flu outbreak and closely follow the related instructions of local health authorities.
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