'Over 100 sick' in typhoon-hit Taiwan village

Residents rest at a temporary evacuation centre in Chiatung in southern Taiwan's Pingtung county on August 9. More than 100 people in a typhoon-hit village in Taiwan have fallen ill with an infectious disease, health authorities have said, ruling out concerns they were sick with swine flu.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)

More than 100 people in a typhoon-hit village in Taiwan have fallen ill with an infectious disease, health authorities said Wednesday, ruling out concerns they were sick with swine flu.It came after the military confirmed that four soldiers involved in typhoon relief work had swine flu, two weeks after Typhoon Morakot lashed the south of the island leaving 461 people dead and nearly 200 missing.Test results confirmed that about 105 residents of Wannei village, in Pingtung county, had contracted leptospirosis, a common disease after flooding, said county health chief Kang Chi-chieh....