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How did Taiwan manage to stop a health crisis that originated in nearby China and has seen 127,000 infections and nearly 5,000 deaths worldwide? In an article published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association , Wang credited the government's swift and swift actions: leveraging public health infrastructure and data analytics, affordable health care and extensive educational outreach. Taiwan quickly implemented comprehensive screening for people traveling from Wuhan On December 31, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization that China had several cases of pneumonia. That day, Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control began monitoring passengers arriving in the country from Wuhan for symptoms.
Less than a week later, the government began monitoring people who had traveled from Wuhan since December 20. "26 suspected cases of viruses were detected, including SARS and MERS ," the Stanford Health Policy report said. "Passengers who were symptomatic were quarantined at home and assessed whether medical care at a hospital was necessary." People in Taipei during the Lunar New Year C Level Contact List in February. People in Taipei during the Lunar New Year in February. Chiang Ying ying/AP Photo In mid-January, Taiwan asked for permission to send a team of experts on a fact-finding mission to China , even though relations between the two regions are not perfect. "They didn't let us see what they didn't want us to see, but our experts felt that the situation was not optimistic," he told NBC NewsKolas Yotaka, a representative of the Taiwanese government. The government then further increased health and safety protocols.
By the end of January, Taipei had established a Central Epidemic Command Center , centralizing measures to protect public health. On January 26, Taiwan became the first country to ban flights from Wuhan. People pray at the popular Longshan Temple in Taipei on Thursday. Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo Around the same time, the government banned the export of masks and ensured they were affordable by capping prices at around 15 cents each. By the end of February, it had distributed almost 6.5 million of these products to primary and secondary schools, as well as after-school institutions, in addition to 84,000 liters of hand sanitizer and 25,000 thermometers. Intensive health monitoring through big data and repeat testing Taiwan's health infrastructure, including big data analytics , is partly a result of the 2003 SARS outbreak, which killed 73 people and damaged its economy. After the 2003 epidemic, Taiwan placed temperature monitors at airports to detect fever in travelers , a symptom of Covid-19.