Taiwan reports first case of new SARS-like virus

Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC) personnel using thermal scanners to screen passengers arriving on a flight from China's Wuhan province, where a SARS-like virus was discovered and has since spread, at the Taoyuan International Airport. Taiwan on Tuesday (Jan 21) reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus. - AFP

TAIPEH: Taiwan on Tuesday (Jan 21) reported its first confirmed case of the new SARS-like coronavirus as the government warned the public against travelling to Chinese city where it emerged.

The patient is a Taiwanese woman in her fifties, living in Wuhan, who returned to the island on Monday with symptoms including fever, coughing and a sore throat.