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Taiwan has eliminated community spread. The only new cases are folks who are entering the country (who must undergo the 14 day mandatory quarantine).
by zebnyc 6y ago
Taiwan has eliminated community spread. The only new cases are folks who are entering the country (who must undergo the 14 day mandatory quarantine).
- refurb 6y agoVietnam went 100 days without a case and are now dealing with an outbreak in Da Nang. You still can’t get in as a foreigner, so it’s not like they aren’t locked down.
- ddeck 6y ago>Taiwan has eliminated community spread It's possible, but I would not be surprised to see community acquired cases pop up in Taiwan at some point. Testing is currently extremely limited. For example Taiwan performed 94 tests yesterday[1]. This is for a population of around 24 million. Since June 18, the average number of daily tests was 153 [1][2], which are almost entirely nationals returning from overseas. Compare this to ~700k/day in the US for a population of ~330 million. The ubiquitous wearing of masks and attention to hand hygiene etc. in Taiwan makes it more likely that any community transmission will be a lot slower (and thus slower to lead to a serious case that is more likely to be detected), but could easily still be a greater than zero. [1] https://www.cdc.gov.tw/en/Disease/SubIndex/ https://www.cdc.gov.tw/en/Disease/SubIndex/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Taiwan