2015年12月3日 星期四

Week 4-dengue fever

Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) The dengue fever outbreak has come under control in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, where the disease has been concentrated since the start of May, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Saturday.

As of Friday, Tainan had reported 81 new cases for this week, but that was 21 fewer than the figure it reported on the same day last week, the CDC said.

The number of accumulated confirmed cases there now stands at 21,688, out of a total of 29,052 cases nationwide, CDC data showed.

However, the endemic continues unabated in neighboring Kaohsiung city, where 227 new cases were reported as of Friday this week, an increase of 77 cases from the same day last week, according to the agency.

The CDC added that while 129 patients had died from the mosquito-borne disease in Taiwan, 28 remain under intensive care units and 26,693 have recovered. 


http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201510310006.aspx

Structure of the Lead
      WHO-no given
      WHEN- Oct. 31
      WHAT-the dengue fever outbreak has come under control
      WHY-no given
      WHERE-In Tainan
      HOW-mosquito-borne

Keywords
   1.accumlate:累積
   2.confirmed:確認
   3.endemic:流行
   4.unabated:不減
   5.agency:機構
   6.mosquito-borne:蚊子傳播

3 則留言:

  1. I think that the best way to restrain the dengue fever is to do the good prevention measures. Such as process water containers and spray insect repellent when we go outside. That you will less likely to get the dengue fever.

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  2. This situation is really scary. Fortunately,it's now under control and the outcome is not as horrible as predicted. As winter comes, the disease will disappear soon .

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  3. Before the outbreak, there were few people knew the danger of dengue fever. Until its situation getting more seriously, the government took action about controlling the disease spread. But since December, the dengue fever hasn't influenced people.

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