The CDC says a Kaohsiung man in his 80s has died after contracting melioidosis by inhaling contaminated water droplets from floodwaters brought by Typhoon Krathon.
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00:00One person has been killed by a bacterial infection linked to standing water left by
00:05Typhoon Kraton.
00:07The man was in his 80s and he was one of two people in Kaohsiung reported with melioidosis
00:12after floodwaters inundated the southern city.
00:15Taiwan's CDC suspects he was infected by airborne droplets.
00:19Taiwan has seen 98 cases and 18 deaths from melioidosis this year, the highest in 23 years.