COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
| COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan | |
|---|---|
 Confirmed cases per 100,000 residents by subdivision | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Taiwan |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Taoyuan International Airport |
| Arrival date | 21 January 2020 (6 years, 5 months, 1 week and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 937[1][2] |
| Active cases | 69 |
| Recovered | 859[1][3][4] |
Deaths | 9[1][3][4] |
| Government website | |
| www | |
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]
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]
References
- 1 2 3 "Taiwan Centers for Disease Control". Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Corona Dash Board". Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- 1 2 Corona Tracker Overview
- 1 2 Jennings, Ralph (4 March 2020). "Why Taiwan Has Just 42 Coronavirus Cases while Neighbors Report Hundreds or Thousands". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hale, Erin (7 March 2020). "How to control the spread of the coronavirus: Lessons from Taiwan". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ↑ 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 Chinese). Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ Chen, Wei-ting; Kao, Evelyn (21 February 2020). "WUHAN VIRUS/Taiwan confirms 1st Wuhan coronavirus case (update)". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ↑ "Taiwan's 'electronic fence' monitor for those quarantined raises privacy concerns". New York Post. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ "Home". Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.