China News Service, August 19. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency" report, the Taiwan authorities' health and welfare department "CDC" announced on the evening of the 18th that the first local case of dengue fever appeared in Taiwan this year. He is a male salesman in his 50s in Taichung. He was diagnosed after 5 degrees of medical treatment. His usual business scope is in the central area of ​​Taiwan, and the source of infection needs to be clarified.

　　According to reports, Taiwan's "Deputy Director of the CDC" Zhuang Renxiang told reporters that Taiwan's first local case of dengue fever this year was a man in his 50s living in Tanzi District, Taichung City. , went to the doctor for 5 degrees between August 10th and 17th, and the dengue fever NS1 quick screening result was positive on the 17th. The hospital reported that the infection was confirmed by the test on the 18th.

　　Zhuang Renxiang explained that the case is a business person who has no recent overseas travel history. The location of the event is his home in Taichung City and his work and business location in Taichung City and Changhua County. The source of infection is still to be clarified.

The health unit has gone to the surrounding area of ​​the case to conduct an epidemic investigation and found that the vector mosquito index is high.

The case has returned home to recuperate, and the co-resident has no suspected symptoms.

　　According to statistics from Taiwan's "CDC", there were no local cases of dengue fever in Taiwan last year.

The recurrence of local dengue fever after a lapse of more than a year. Zhuang Renxiang believes that it is related to the shortening of the home quarantine days of immigrants. This year, the home quarantine has been changed from 14 days to 3+4 days. After entering the country on the third day, you can go out and analyze that there may be undiscovered overseas Incoming cases move within the cell, resulting in local chains of transmission in the cell.

　　According to reports, there were 73 local dengue fever cases in Taiwan in 2020, and local cases only started in July of that year. Zhuang Renxiang said that the international dengue fever epidemic is heating up, and the epidemic situation in many neighboring Southeast Asia/South Asia is at its peak or continues to rise. So far this year, there have been 20 cases in Taiwan. The number of imported dengue fever cases has already exceeded the total number of imported cases from abroad last year.