Response to COVID-19 in Taiwan: Big Data Analytics, New Technology, and Proactive Testing.

By C. J. Wang, C. Y. Ng, R. H. Brook. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020

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COVID-19 occurred just before the Lunar New Year during which time millions of Chinese and Taiwanese were expected to travel for the holidays Taiwan quickly mobilized and instituted specific approaches for case identification, containment, and resource allocation to protect the public health Taiwan enhanced COVID-19 case finding by proactively seeking out patients with severe respiratory symptoms (based on information from the National Health Insurance [NHI] database) who had tested negative for influenza and retested them for COVID-19;1 was found of 113 cases The toll-free number 1922 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 alternative It is not known how often 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 Taiwan's government learned from its 2003 SARS experience and established a public health response mechanism for enabling rapid actions for the next crisis Well-trained and experienced teams of officials were quick to recognize the crisis and activated emergency management structures to address the emerging outbreak In a crisis, governments often make difficult decisions under uncertainty and time constraints These decisions must be both culturally appropriate and sensitive to the population Through early recognition of the crisis, daily briefings to the public, and simple health messaging, the government was able to reassure the public by delivering timely, accurate, and transparent information regarding the evolving epidemic Taiwan is an example of how a society can respond quickly to a crisis and protect the interests of its citizens

Subfields: Oncology

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