How did Covid slip through Taiwan’s ‘gold standard’ defences?

[sriamerican]

 

[charitha2011]

BUMPER

 

[hodakolla]

BUMPER

 

[imhotep]

Wait till the "Ukranian Travel Bubble" experiment results gets released. Local experts are working hard on it. That'll give some clues. Probably we can send these local experts to Taiwan as advisors.

PS: With a virus, the only Gold Standard is the closure of borders. The moment you relax it, there'll be always a loophole. The problem is closure over a long periods are impractical.

 

[Chuti_Mahaththaya]

Government not even close the country. Restrictions are only applied in Taipei.

 

[imhotep]

Government not even close the country. Restrictions are only applied in Taipei.

Taiwan has good experience and a pretty good pandemic control system in place after the 2003 SARS disaster.. People have the awareness to deal with a virus.

This is the latest from Taiwan....

On May 17, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that due to the surges in the number of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan and other countries, Taiwan would implement new entry restrictions and measures listed below beginning 00:00 am on May 19 (departure time at the airport of departure).

A. Non-R.O.C. nationals without a valid Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) will be temporarily barred from entry. Exceptions may be made for individuals who obtain entry permission for emergency or humanitarian reason.
B. Transit travelers will be temporarily barred from entry.

The above-mentioned measures will be effective from May 19 to June 18 and will be adjusted on a rolling basis based on the status of the pandemic and effectiveness of those measures.

 

[SLhuman]

i smell chinese fish

 

[Chuti_Mahaththaya]

Within the country, you can travel anywhere without any restrictions. People are not following social distancing and most of them are not wearing a mask. I think the situation is the same as Sri Lankan 2nd wave. The problem is immunity for the virus is less compared to sl.