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Taiwan's health ministry is moving to contain a measles outbreak after a two-case cluster was discovered in the north of the country, bringing this year's total number of cases to 11. The Centers for Disease Control reported eight imported and three domestic infections. Authorities are now tracking 491 contact cases, while medical experts urge the public to secure vaccinations against the highly contagious disease.
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00:00The health ministry is working to contain a measles outbreak.
00:03The ministry has announced two new cases in northern Taiwan, bringing the country's total
00:08this year to 11.
00:10Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control say eight cases were brought in from overseas,
00:14and three were local infections.
00:17Authorities are closely monitoring a cluster of 491 people who were in contact with the
00:22most recent cases.
00:23Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease, and doctors are urging the public to get vaccinated.
00:30Atlantic Exit.
00:30If you leave a hospital in the northward, you will be risking so much of being vaccinated.
00:30So if you want to be updated, you will be a Muslim question.
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