Taiwan is redoubling efforts to halt the spread of dengue fever, which has hit the southern part of the island hard over the past two years. Growing global concern about the Zika virus has led to intensified efforts to combat the white-speckled Aedes aegypti mosquito that also transmits dengue fever, a disease that has ravaged…
As of September 22, the number of dengue fever victims in Taiwan reached 14,590, causing 42 confirmed deaths with the cause of another 29 deaths under review, according to media reports quoting the Central Epidemic Command Center for Dengue Outbreak, the taskforce convened by the Executive Yuan under the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and…
Tainan mayor William Lai ended his 234-day boycott of the Tainan City Council to give policy remarks as the city addresses a dengue fever outbreak that has sickened 2,500 people and killed four. Lai, who belongs to the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), had boycotted the council meetings to protest what he deemed the mishandling…
