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China reported Covid19 to WHO on 31 Dec 2019, do you say that travel curbs were put in Taiwan in early December?
by billfruit 7y ago
China reported Covid19 to WHO on 31 Dec 2019, do you say that travel curbs were put in Taiwan in early December?
- kijin 7y agoI think the parent is referring to when China officially, publicly admitted the problem, which was three weeks after it notified the WHO. Taiwan implemented more stringent inspection requirements for people arriving from the Wuhan area as soon as China notified WHO, on 31 Dec 2019.
- robocat 7y agoTaiwan started acting on 31st Dec. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689 Taiwan has had a spectacular response to the virus - that is the gold standard that Italy (or Korea) should be compared against.
- toyg 7y agoThey were hit badly by SARS and learnt a lot of valuable lessons. This is our European SARS moment, hopefully.