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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, 11 months and 1 day)
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.



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