TAIPEI, Aug. 12 -- A 27-year-old man who returned to Taiwan from St.Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean on Thursday morning was confirmed to have been infected with the Zika virus, Taiwan's center for disease control said Friday.
It is the fifth imported case of the Zika virus infection in the island and the second involving a local resident.
The man reported to quarantine authorities on Thursday that he had had symptoms, including muscle pain and fever, since Aug. 4. A red rash developed on his body two days later.
The center announced on Aug. 4 that a 43-year-old local woman who spent five months in Saint Lucia with her husband and returned to Taiwan on July 24 was confirmed to have been infected with the virus. The other three cases involved residents from Thailand and Indonesia.
