05 October,2010 12:54 PM IST | | Agencies
The multi-drug resistant bacteria 'superbug' seems to have reached Taiwan.
Taiwan's disease control bureau has said that it detected the bacteria, carrying the New Delhi metallo-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) gene, in a wounded Taiwan cameraman just back from India.
The cameraman was shot and wounded last month in India, and he was found carrying an antibiotics-resistant bacteria containing NDM-1 in his intestines after clinical tests, though he developed no symptoms, the bureau said, reports Xinhua.
The cameraman is recovering and has been discharged from hospital, according to the bureau.
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The bureau said the case was strictly monitored during the cameraman's journey from India to the island, and officials ruled out risks from the spread of the disease.
