By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Taipei City Hospital’s Renai Branch on Friday reported an outbreak of influenza type A, saying that it had confirmed 13 cases. Following rapid influenza diagnostic tests, 13 people were confirmed with influenza type A, seven of whom were hospitalized patients, while two caregivers and four hospital staff have also contracted the virus, he said. The cases were first discovered on the western side of the hospital’s sixth floor on Monday, so the hospital quarantined those affected and reported its findings to the Taipei Department of Health, hospital chief medical officer Chen Shu-ting (陳淑廷) said. “We always suggest people wear facial masks when visiting a hospital,” he said. “Viruses spread more quickly than doctors can diagnose infections and administer antiviral drugs to stem their spread.”

Source: Taipei Times May 27, 2017 16:28 UTC