MPOX/Taiwan adds China, Thailand to travel alert list amid growing mpox cases
08/15/2023 10:05 PM
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday raised a travel notice relating to mpox (monkeypox) for China and Thailand following surges in cases of the disease there, advising people to practice precaution when traveling to the two countries.
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