Wednesday, November 19, 2003
FIRST CASE OF SARS IN A NEW SARS
SEASON MAY HAVE BEEN SEEN IN TAIWAN
Patient recently returned from China
The China Post today reported the first case of SARS in the new Flu season.
Accoding to the report, "A Kaohsiung hospital yesterday reported this winter's first SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) case in Taiwan. Doctors at the Union Hospital said they diagnosed a resident of the southern Taiwan port city as a suspected SARS case. The resident, whose identity was withheld, visited the hospital in the afternoon. He showed a typical SARS symptom of a high fever, doctors said. 'He suffered from a 37.5 degree fever for two days before coming to us,' one doctor pointed out.The Kaohsiung resident returned from a trip to China not long ago."
SEASON MAY HAVE BEEN SEEN IN TAIWAN
Patient recently returned from China
The China Post today reported the first case of SARS in the new Flu season.
Accoding to the report, "A Kaohsiung hospital yesterday reported this winter's first SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) case in Taiwan. Doctors at the Union Hospital said they diagnosed a resident of the southern Taiwan port city as a suspected SARS case. The resident, whose identity was withheld, visited the hospital in the afternoon. He showed a typical SARS symptom of a high fever, doctors said. 'He suffered from a 37.5 degree fever for two days before coming to us,' one doctor pointed out.The Kaohsiung resident returned from a trip to China not long ago."
