Dengue fever cases in Taiwan climb to nearly 40,000

The number of dengue fever cases in Taiwan has risen to 39,898 since the start of May, with 247 new cases recorded Wednesday, according to data released by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) for Dengue Outbreak Thursday.

(Full text of the story is now in CNA English news archive. To view the full story, you will need to be a subscribed member of the CNA archive. To subscribe, please read here.)