Singapore Reporter

Taipei, Aug. 3 (CNA) Another 13 wild Formosan ferret-badgers have been determined to be infected with rabies, taking the number of confirmed rabies cases in Taiwan to 35 since an outbreak was reported in mid-July, authorities said Saturday.

The new cases were detected in mountainous areas of Taichung City, Chiayi County, Kaohsiung City and Tainan City, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center.

All 35 confirmed rabies infections to date have been among Formosan ferret-badgers except for one case, which was discovered in an Asian house shrew.

(By Chen Ching-fang and Y.F. Low)
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