Filipino 1st local typhoid case in Taiwan this year

  • The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Friday (Feb. 14), announced the first locally-acquired case of typhoid this year, in Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City
  • None of the people who had been in close contact with him while he had the illness have shown signs of the disease thus far
  • The CDC is continuing to investigate his diet history and people he had been in contact with to isolate the cause of the infection