COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan

The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The pandemic has had a much smaller impact in Taiwan, with a total of seven deaths as of 28 November 2020.[5][6][7] The number of active cases peaked on 6 April at 307 cases, the majority of which came from other countries.[8]

COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
COVID-19 outbreak Taiwan per capita cases map.svg
Confirmed cases per 100,000 residents by subdivision
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationTaiwan
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseTaoyuan International Airport
Arrival date21 January 2020
(4 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Confirmed cases937[1][2]
Active cases69
Recovered859[1][3][4]
Deaths
9[1][3][4]
Government website
www.cdc.gov.tw/En

The virus was confirmed to have spread to Taiwan on 21 January 2020, from a 50-year-old woman who had been teaching in Wuhan, China.[9]

Taiwan's handling of the outbreak has received international praise for its effectiveness in quarantining people.[10][5]

As of 28 November, 248,625 tests had been conducted in Taiwan with the vast majority not confirming a COVID-19 diagnosis.[11]

COVID-19 Pandemic In Taiwan Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taiwan Centers for Disease Control". Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. Cheng, Ching-Tse (4 April 2020). "Taiwan reports 8 new coronavirus infections, bringing total to 363". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Corona Dash Board". Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Corona Tracker Overview
  5. 5.0 5.1 Jennings, Ralph (4 March 2020). Why Taiwan Has Just 42 Coronavirus Cases while Neighbors Report Hundreds or Thousands. Voice of America. https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/why-taiwan-has-just-42-coronavirus-cases-while-neighbors-report. Retrieved 5 March 2020. 
  6. Duff-Brown, Beth (3 March 2020). "How Taiwan Used Big Data, Transparency and a Central Command to Protect Its People from Coronavirus". Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. Hale, Erin (7 March 2020). How to control the spread of the coronavirus: Lessons from Taiwan. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/taiwan-reins-spread-coronavirus-countries-stumble-200307034353325.html. Retrieved 11 March 2020. 
  8. 2020/4/28 14:00 中央流行疫情指揮中心嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎記者會 [28 April 2020 Press Conference on the Severe Pneumonia held by the Central Epidemic Command Center] (in 中文). Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. Chen, Wei-ting; Kao, Evelyn (21 February 2020). WUHAN VIRUS/Taiwan confirms 1st Wuhan coronavirus case (update). https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202001210019. Retrieved 26 February 2020. 
  10. "Taiwan's 'electronic fence' monitor for those quarantined raises privacy concerns". New York Post. 20 March 2020. https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/taiwans-electronic-fence-monitor-for-those-quarantined-raises-privacy-concerns/. Retrieved 26 March 2020. 
  11. "Home". Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.