How Taiwan held off Covid 19, until it didnt
Another pandemic will come. Heres what we can learn from Taiwans efforts to fight this one. Subscribe and turn on notifications () so you don t miss any videos: In December 2019, Taiwans government learned that at least seven atypical pneumonia cases had been reported in Wuhan, China. Because of Taiwans proximity to China and the number of flights back and forth, it was expected to have the secondhighest number of Covid19 cases worldwide. Instead, Taiwan has had one of the lowest Covid19 death rates in the world. Thanks in part to a sophisticated digitized health care system and a mandatory twoweek quarantine for all travelers, life in Taiwan went on with relative normalcy. But then, in May 2021, a new wave of cases complicated the countrys success. So how did Taiwan, the ninthmost densely populated nation in the world, avoid a more severe spread of a highly contagious virus for so long And what lessons can be learned from their response to the outbreak This video was
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