WHO declared the Ebola outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), and Taiwan CDC established an “Emergency Response Task Force” accordingly.

Dr. Steve Hsu-Sung Kuo sworn in as the 10th Director-General of Taiwan Centers for Disease Control

MERS-CoV infection confirmed in South Korean man who visited China; No passengers on same flight has traveled to Taiwan

Public urged to pay attention to dietary hygiene as Taiwan CDC announces this year’s first cholera case

As Taiwan CDC announces this year’s thirteenth measles case, children below one year old and those unvaccinated against MMR advised against travel to areas affected by measles outbreak to prevent infection

Taiwan CDC announces this year’s third case of enterovirus infection with severe complications and urges public to wash hands frequently and caregivers of children to pay attention to prodromal symptoms of severe enterovirus infection in children

Taiwan CDC urges public to reinforce cleaning and removal of vector-breeding sites to ward off dengue infection as this summer’s first indigenous dengue case occurs in Kaohsiung

Taiwan CDC raises travel notice for Anhui from Level 1: Watch to Level 2: Alert as 1 new H7N9 influenza infection confirmed in Anhui Province and continues to remind people traveling overseas to take preventive measures to ward off infection

As enterovirus activity peaks and Taiwan CDC announces this year’s first case of enterovirus 71 infection with severe complications, public urged to wash hands frequently and advises caregivers of children to pay attention to prodromal symptoms of severe enterovirus infection in children

As US identifies first local past infection with MERS-CoV, Taiwan CDC urges public to pay attention to personal hygiene and physicians to stay vigilant