At the end of May, when Chang Gung Memorial Hospital made a media announcement about the virus on its own initiative, the Department of Health was skeptical, arguing that the hospital lacked test results to verify its claims and that it was acting rashly and could easily cause panic over a non-existent epidemic.
直到五月底，長庚醫院主動向媒體發佈腸病毒訊息，還遭衛生署質疑未經檢驗確定就公佈，不夠嚴謹，極易造成假性流行。