Taiwan Government-Guided Strategies Contributed to Combating and Controlling COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health

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Chung-Chu Chen¹  Yu-Lin Tai³  Chien-Yu Lin³  Cheng-Yin Tseng¹  Wai-Mau Choi⁶  Ya-Chun Lee³  Tsung-Hsien Su⁷  Chin-Yi Hsieh⁶  Chih-Ming Chang⁸  Shun-Long Weng⁷  Po-Huang Liu¹ 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital;Teaching Center of Natural Science, Minghsin University of Science and Technology;Center of Infection Control, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital;Department of Pediatrics, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital;Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College;Department of Emergency Medicine, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital;Department of Nursing, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital

关键词: novel coronavirus;    COVID-19;    SARS-CoV-2;    quarantine;    2019-nCoV;    pandemic;    government strategy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2020.547423

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly contagious, and thus has become an emerging health crisis worldwide. The optimal strategies to prevent the spread of this disease are inconclusive, and therefore, the adopted measurements to combat COVID-19 varies in different countries. In mid-March and late-August 2020, we performed internet searches to collect relevant information, from sources such as the website of the World Health Organization. The epidemiological data of COVID-19 from several countries were collected and we found that Taiwan had a comparably successful story for combating the pandemic. As of mid-March, Taiwan had high rates of diagnostic testing (688.5 tests per million citizens) with a lower infection rate (49 cases, 2.1 cases per million people). As of late-August, there were 488 cases (20 cases per million people). Furthermore, Taiwanese government-guided strategies and hospital data were also reviewed. We summarized some important strategies to combat COVID-19, which include: (1) border control; (2) official media channel and press conferences; (3) name-based rationing system for medical masks; (4) TOCC-based rapid triage, outdoor clinics, and protective sampling devices; and (5) social distancing, delaying the start of new semesters, and religious assembly restriction. In conclusion, Taiwan had lower rates of COVID-19 compared with other countries, and Taiwan government-guided strategies contributed to the control of the disease's spread.

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