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Taiwan's swine flu alert to be lowered to second level: CECC
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC) is expected to lower the swine flu alert to the second level from the third or yellow level today, as the patient involved in the first-ever domestic infection already got out of the hospital after being quarantined for seven days and because no more indigenous swine flu case was confirmed over the past seven days, according to CECC spokesman Shih Wen-yi.
As of yesterday, Shih said, only two people involved in the 10th and 11th infection cases remained quarantined, and all the other nine people confirmed infected with H1N1 flu have all got well and were discharged from the hospital.
The first case of domestic infection was confirmed on May 24. A 40-year-old woman contacted the virus from the fourth confirmed swine flu patient in Taiwan who was a friend of hers.
This prompted the CECC to upgrade the epidemics alert to the third level or yellow level, suggesting that imported cases could pose the threat of a wave of community infections.
As there has been no other confirmed domestic infection cases within the seven days of quarantine imposed on the patient involved in the first indigenous swine flu infection case, the alert level can be downgraded to the second level. But actual anti-flu measures will remain about the same.
To date, 11 swine flu cases have been confirmed in Taiwan, with no deaths. As of yesterday, 48 countries had officially reported 15,510 cases of H1N1 infection, including to 99 deaths, according to the latest World Health Organization report.
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC) is expected to lower the swine flu alert to the second level from the third or yellow level today, as the patient involved in the first-ever domestic infection already got out of the hospital after being quarantined for seven days and because no more indigenous swine flu case was confirmed over the past seven days, according to CECC spokesman Shih Wen-yi.
As of yesterday, Shih said, only two people involved in the 10th and 11th infection cases remained quarantined, and all the other nine people confirmed infected with H1N1 flu have all got well and were discharged from the hospital.
The first case of domestic infection was confirmed on May 24. A 40-year-old woman contacted the virus from the fourth confirmed swine flu patient in Taiwan who was a friend of hers.
This prompted the CECC to upgrade the epidemics alert to the third level or yellow level, suggesting that imported cases could pose the threat of a wave of community infections.
As there has been no other confirmed domestic infection cases within the seven days of quarantine imposed on the patient involved in the first indigenous swine flu infection case, the alert level can be downgraded to the second level. But actual anti-flu measures will remain about the same.
To date, 11 swine flu cases have been confirmed in Taiwan, with no deaths. As of yesterday, 48 countries had officially reported 15,510 cases of H1N1 infection, including to 99 deaths, according to the latest World Health Organization report.
