‘UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY’: Listing the pneumonia as a category 5 communicable disease allows the Centers for Disease Control to implement mandatory quarantine measures
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 09, 2020
By: Wu Liang-yi / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said it is preparing to list a viral pneumonia of an
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
Fifty-nine cases had been reported in China as of yesterday, with seven showing severe symptoms, it said.
The CDC on Tuesday last week started conducting onboard inspections of direct flights from Wuhan, it added.
It has conducted inspections on 13 flights, covering a total of 1,193 passengers and crew members, the CDC said. [FULL STORY]
