Contact Tracing, Testing, and Control of COVID-19—Learning From Taiwan
Robert Steinbrook
Abstract
Taiwan is a country of about 24 million people, 81 miles off the coast of mainland China. As of late April 2020, Taiwan had about 330 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 6 deaths. By comparison, the US had about 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 60 000 deaths.
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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Contact tracing2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Mainland ChinaCoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsChinaBetacoronavirusPandemicDisease controlOutbreakDemographyVirologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyGeographyArchaeologySociologyCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesData-Driven Disease Surveillance