TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday reported a cluster of five hepatitis C cases linked to shared needles at a clinic in Taoyuan. All five patients had received intravenous injections at Wei Lien Clinic (維蓮診所) before they were separately diagnosed with acute hepatitis C between January and May this year, the CDC said. The incident is the first case of mass hepatitis C infection reported in Taiwan, according to Yang Ching-hui (楊靖慧), a CDC division chief. According to the CDC, most people with acute hepatitis C infection do not have any symptoms, with only 20-30 percent displaying symptoms such as fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and jaundice. Approximately 75 percent-80 percent of people infected with the hepatitis C will develop chronic infection, the CDC said.

Source: The China Post May 16, 2017 09:11 UTC