CDC confirms this year’s first Zika virus infection

CAUTION: People who live in high-risk areas for Japanese encephalitis or who plan to travel to such areas should consider consulting a doctor for vaccination, the CDC said By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday urged people to protect themselves from mosquito bites to reduce the risk of infections after this year’s first Zika virus infection and three new cases of Japanese encephalitis were confirmed last week. The Zika case, Taiwan’s first in about two years, involves a Taiwanese man in his 30s who said he was bitten by a mosquito while traveling in Thailand, CDC Deputy Director-General and spokeswoman Tseng Shu-hui (曾淑慧) said. Thirty-one cases of Zika virus infection have been confirmed in Taiwan since 2016, all of them imported and most originatin