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May 16, 2003
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Cases Flare in Taiwan"
Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com)
(05/16/03) P. A5; Dean, Jason
Taiwan's health experts are reassessing their
strategy for combating severe acute respiratory syndrome, thanks to a new
cluster of infections in a Taiwanese hospital. Seven employees have come down
with symptoms, two have already tested positive for the virus, and 95 visitors
to the emergency room have been put under home quarantine. Taiwan has also
announced 26 new probable cases, and health authorities are troubled by the new
instances of hospital infections, since they thought that the virus was becoming
contained. The hospital outbreaks could be due to a systemic failure or to an
infection cycle, and employee exhaustion may also be a factor.
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