King Chwan-chuen points out that as early as March doctors in southern Taiwan noted a sharp increases in illnesses with symptoms of fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting, and news of a case of death had come out of Chengkung University Hospital by April.
以這次腸病毒流行為例，金傳春指出，早在三月初南部的小兒科醫師就發現，「發燒、頭痛、噁心、嘔吐」的病例明顯增加，四月成大醫院即有死亡案例傳出。