HONG KONG: Taiwan reported yesterday its first cases of a mysterious form of pneumonia that has prompted global alert, as suspected new infections were revealed in Hong Kong and Vietnam.
A 64-year-old woman and a married couple were confirmed to have contracted the disease and were in hospital, said Chen Tsai-chin, head of the Taiwan health department's Centre for Disease Control (CDC).
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