A northern Thailand man has been hospitalised in Taiwan after being confirmed as having the mosquito-borne Zika virus thought to be linked to brain-damaging birth defects in infants.
It was the first confirmed Zika virus case detected in Taiwan.
The Thai national was coming to Taiwan to work for the first time and was stopped at Taoyuan International Airport on Jan 10 after setting off temperature scanners upon arrival in Taipei.
The patient reportedly had a fever and a headache before boarding the plane in Bangkok.
The 24-year-old man who has been living in northern Thailand for the past three months is being held for observation at a local hospital.
The two other northern Thailand passengers travelling with the victim were cleared of both the Zika and dengue fever viruses.