Almost 1 Month With No New COVID-19 Cases, Taiwan Is An Example To The World
Taiwan has reported zero new cases of Coronavirus in the country, extending its streak without a local case to 26 days.
Taiwan has reportedly registered zero new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19). With this, the country has also marked 26 days without a new local case.
The confirmation comes from Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Friday (May 8). Minister of Health and Welfare, Chen Shih-chung announced the positive news during his daily press conference.
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The CECC also reported 422 people with suspected symptoms on Thursday (May 7). The total number of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan for now stands at 440.
Out of these confirmed cases, 349 were imported, 55 were local, and a total of 36 were found among the Navy's Goodwill Fleet which led many to question the decision of sending the ships out in mid-March amid the pandemic.
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What Taiwan did right to fight COVID-19
Despite the few and far setbacks, Taiwan has managed to curb the spread of Wuhan Coronavirus on its turf. Experts have lauded the measures taken by the country since as long back as December 31, when it started keeping check on passengers arriving from Wuhan, China.
Note that the World Health organisation declared the Coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January.
In addition to this, Taiwan has conducted extensive testing for the virus. Ever since the outbreak began in the country, Taiwan has conducted 66,460 tests. 65,211 of these were found to be negative.
Taiwan also imposed a lockdown to some measures, despite the low count of Coronavirus cases in the country. To this day, restrictions such as compulsory 14-day quarantines for all arrivals onto the island remain in place.
This also includes a check on the number of international flights in and out of the country. In addition, Taiwan government promotes precautionary measures like social distancing, wearing of face masks in public and more.
Opening of a baseball game at Taoyuan International baseball stadium, Taiwan. The stadium will soon allow limited audience as restriction eases. (Image: Reuters)
Taiwan¡¯s success story in the battle against COVID-19 speaks for itself. As can be seen in the image above, the country is ready to ease restrictions to a level wherein baseball games will be held, with limited audience.
While many of its Asian counterparts still struggle with an increasing number of cases, Taiwan has managed to flatline the curve with proactive measures against the pandemic.
