https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/10/29/coronaviurs-taiwan-200-days-local-transmission/
"Taiwan, meanwhile, reached a milestone: 200 days without recording a single locally transmitted coronavirus infection.
The island of more than 23 million people has officially confirmed just 550 cases and seven covid-19 fatalities.
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“Taiwan quickly mobilized and instituted specific approaches for case identification, containment, and resource allocation to protect the public health,” the Journal of the American Medical Association article concluded.
The island has also relied heavily on technology and public trust, tracking people once they cross the border to ensure they comply with the 14-day quarantine requirement, and creating an app that allowed residents to check which pharmacies had masks in stock. An article published this month in the Lancet notes that the island “had an established culture of face mask use” that meant many people began wearing masks in public before they were officially required to do so — and that the government was quick to ramp up production and form a plan to distribute masks to all residents.
Many experts have praised Taiwanese officials for acknowledging the dangers posed by the virus from the start — which may have been a crucial factor in stopping its spread.
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An example for other countries how things could have been handled better.
Yes, they have the benefit of being more authoritarian, being an island and people being more accustomed to wearing masks. But they also hadn't forgotten the lessons from SARS.
Links to the two studies mentioned in the article
3/2020:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689
10/2020:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(20)30044-4/fulltext