The Department of Disease Control announced the first case of local dengue fever in Tainan City. It is a 30-year-old male in Jiadingli, Yongkang District.
Dengue virus type 2 was confirmed by laboratory testing.
In addition, Kaohsiung City reported an additional local case on June 29, which is a 10-year-old girl from Dingjinli in Sanmin District. Dengue virus type 4 was identified.
So far this year, there have been 29 cases of local dengue fever in Taiwan. One case (Yongkang District) in Tainan City and 28 cases in Kaohsiung City (25 cases in Sanmin District, 1 case in Fengshan District, Gushan District and Qianzhen District), and Sanmin District.
In addition, there has been 182 imported dengue cases, the highest in 10 years, primarily from Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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