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Taiwan is 81 miles off the coast of mainland China and was expected to have the second highest number of cases of coronavirus disease COVID due to its proximity to and number of flights Thr China. Given the continual spread of COVID around the world, understanding the action items that were implemented quickly in Taiwan and assessing the effectiveness of these actions in preventing a large-scale epidemic may be instructive for other countries.

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Taiwan quickly mobilized and instituted specific approaches for case identification, containment, and resource allocation to protect the public health. Taiwan leveraged its national health insurance database and integrated here with its immigration and customs database to begin the creation of big data for analytics; it generated real-time alerts during a clinical visit based on travel history and clinical symptoms to aid case identification.

Persons with low risk no travel to level 3 alert areas were sent a health declaration border pass via SMS short message service messaging to their phones for faster immigration clearance; those with higher risk recent travel to level 3 alert areas were quarantined at home and tracked through their mobile phone to ensure that they remained at home during the incubation period.

The toll-free number served as a hotline for citizens to report suspicious symptoms or cases in themselves or others; as the disease progressed, this hotline has reached full capacity, so each major city was asked to create its own hotline as an Twentidth. It is not Public Policy During The Twentieth Century how Durnig this hotline has been used.

The government addressed the issue of disease stigma and compassion for those affected by providing food, frequent health checks, and encouragement for those under quarantine. This rapid response included hundreds of action items eTable in the Supplement.

The NHCC is part of a disaster management center that focuses on large-outbreak response and acts as the operational command point for direct communications among central, regional, and local authorities. On December 31,when the World Health Organization was notified of pneumonia Public Policy During The Twentieth Century unknown cause in Wuhan, China, Taiwanese officials began to board planes and assess passengers on direct flights from Wuhan for fever and pneumonia symptoms before passengers Twentoeth deplane. As early as January 5,notification was expanded to include any individual who had traveled to Wuhan in the past 14 days and had a fever or symptoms of upper respiratory tract read article at the point of entry; suspected cases were screened for 26 viruses including SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS.

Passengers displaying symptoms of fever and coughing were quarantined at home and assessed whether medical attention at a hospital was necessary. The CECC coordinated efforts by various ministries, including the ministries of transportation, economics, labor, and education and the Environmental Protection Administration, among others, in a comprehensive effort to counteract the emerging public health Twentieh. For the past 5 weeks January February 24the CECC has rapidly produced and implemented a list of at least action items eTable in the Supplement including border control from the air and sea, case identification using new data and technologyquarantine of suspicious cases, proactive case finding, resource allocation assessing and managing capacityreassurance and education of the public while fighting misinformation, negotiation with other countries and regions, formulation of policies toward schools and Public Policy During The Twentieth Century, Centry relief to businesses.

Those identified as high risk under home quarantine were monitored electronically through their mobile phones.

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On February 14, the Entry Quarantine System was launched, so travelers can complete the health declaration form by scanning a QR code that leads to an online form, either prior to departure from or upon arrival at a Taiwan airport. A mobile health declaration pass was then sent via SMS to phones using a local telecom operator, which allowed for faster immigration clearance for those with minimal risk.

This system was created within a hour period. The CECC took an active role in resource allocation, including setting the price of masks and using government funds and military personnel to increase mask production. On January 20, the Taiwan CDC announced that the government had under its control a stockpile of 44 million surgical masks, 1. In addition to daily press briefings by the minister of health and welfare the CECC, the vice president of Taiwan, a prominent epidemiologist, gave regular public service announcements broadcast from the office of the president and made available via the internet.

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These announcements included when and where to wear Twenrieth mask, the importance of handwashing, and the danger of hoarding masks to prevent them from becoming unavailable to frontline health workers. The CECC has communicated to the public in a clear and compassionate manner. These cases represent the 10th-highest case number among countries affected thus far, but far fewer than the initial models predicting that Taiwan would have the second-highest importation risk.]