Rainy weather over the past week in Taiwan has added the
province's number of epidemic dengue fever cases to 163, according
to media reports reaching here Tuesday from Taipei.
Of these cases, 105 were reported in Kaohsiung City, 55 in
Kaohsiung County and three in Pingtung County, all in the southern
parts of Taiwan Province, local media quoted disease control
officials as saying.
Local health officials were cited as saying that Kaohsiung City
was the worst hit by the outbreak this year, with the diseases
being reported in its 25 boroughs.
(Xinhua News Agency September 13, 2006)
