The 19-year-old, who was not identified,
could face a fine of up to TW$150,000 (US$4,800).
The man was hospitalized Friday at the Kaohsiung Veterans
General Hospital Nigeria
The hospital immediately quarantined the
man, meaning that other emergency cases had to be turned away, even though he did not have a fever
at the time.
The event attracted widespread local media
attention. The island’s Centres
for Disease Control even released a statement calling on the public not
to travel to West Africa unless essential, and not to eat wild animals if they
did so.
But tests for Ebola were found Saturday to
be negative and authorities also discovered that the man had never travelled
abroad.
Doctors at the hospital said they feared he
was mentally ill.
Asia has so far remained free from the
Ebola virus ravaging
parts of West Africa that has caused more than
6,100 deaths in less than a year.
Structure:
Who: a 19-year-old man
When: Friday
What: a man told doctors he had traveled to Africa and had symptoms of Ebola and asked for
emergency quarantine measures
Where: Kaohsiung Veterans
General Hospital
How: The hospital immediately quarantined
the man
Key
words:
1.
fine:罰金
2.
symptom:症狀
3.
quarantine:隔離，檢疫
4.
hospitalize:住院治療
5.
Kaohsiung
Veterans General Hospital:高雄榮總醫院
6.
diarrhea:腹瀉
7.
turn
away:拒絕
8.
Centres
for Disease Control: 疾病管制署
9.
ravage:破壞，蹂躪
Luckily, the man was not identified. Ebola is a fatal disease , I hope that none of Taiwanese people were infected with it. God bless people around the world.
回覆刪除If the man is mentally ill, I think he should be fined less, because maybe he can't control his mind. The hospital should give him some mentally help.
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