Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
Background and objectives: Event-based surveillance and rapid risk assessment for acute public health events are essential in emerging infectious disease control. Since detecting the unusual signal in Wuhan in December 2019, Taiwan has been aligning risk management to policy planning via conducting...
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| author | Shu-Wan Jian Chien-Tse Kao Yi-Chia Chang Pi-Fang Chen Ding-Ping Liu |
| author_facet | Shu-Wan Jian Chien-Tse Kao Yi-Chia Chang Pi-Fang Chen Ding-Ping Liu |
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| description | Background and objectives: Event-based surveillance and rapid risk assessment for acute public health events are essential in emerging infectious disease control. Since detecting the unusual signal in Wuhan in December 2019, Taiwan has been aligning risk management to policy planning via conducting regular risk assessments to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This article aims to provide some insights into Taiwan's experiences and corresponding actions for the outbreak. Results: The COVID-19 risk level in Taiwan was raised to “moderate-to-high” in mid-January 2020 when neighboring countries had reported cases and the human-to-human transmission became obvious. The risk level became “high” on 24 January due to China's escalating epidemic situation and imposed a lockdown in Wuhan. We learned that the commander recognized the importance of risk assessments and considered advice from the experts was crucial in making the correct decision at the early stage of the crisis. Conclusions: Given the surge of COVID-19 cases globally, understanding the evidence-driven mobilizations via detailed risk assessments in Taiwan may be an example worth considering for other countries. We believe that strengthening a global epidemic intelligence network and sharing information in a timely and transparent manner are essential for confronting new challenges of COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1200c1d76b2c4dacb0998103b03164da2022-12-21T21:32:11ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122021-03-01104746751Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in TaiwanShu-Wan Jian0Chien-Tse Kao1Yi-Chia Chang2Pi-Fang Chen3Ding-Ping Liu4Epidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei City, TaiwanEpidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei City, TaiwanEpidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei City, TaiwanEpidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei City, TaiwanEpidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan; Corresponding author at: Epidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taipei City, Taiwan.Background and objectives: Event-based surveillance and rapid risk assessment for acute public health events are essential in emerging infectious disease control. Since detecting the unusual signal in Wuhan in December 2019, Taiwan has been aligning risk management to policy planning via conducting regular risk assessments to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This article aims to provide some insights into Taiwan's experiences and corresponding actions for the outbreak. Results: The COVID-19 risk level in Taiwan was raised to “moderate-to-high” in mid-January 2020 when neighboring countries had reported cases and the human-to-human transmission became obvious. The risk level became “high” on 24 January due to China's escalating epidemic situation and imposed a lockdown in Wuhan. We learned that the commander recognized the importance of risk assessments and considered advice from the experts was crucial in making the correct decision at the early stage of the crisis. Conclusions: Given the surge of COVID-19 cases globally, understanding the evidence-driven mobilizations via detailed risk assessments in Taiwan may be an example worth considering for other countries. We believe that strengthening a global epidemic intelligence network and sharing information in a timely and transparent manner are essential for confronting new challenges of COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221000540Risk assessmentEvent-based surveillanceCOVID-19Emerging infectious diseasePublic health |
| spellingShingle | Shu-Wan Jian Chien-Tse Kao Yi-Chia Chang Pi-Fang Chen Ding-Ping Liu Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan International Journal of Infectious Diseases Risk assessment Event-based surveillance COVID-19 Emerging infectious disease Public health |
| title | Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan |
| title_full | Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan |
| title_short | Risk assessment for COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan |
| title_sort | risk assessment for covid 19 pandemic in taiwan |
| topic | Risk assessment Event-based surveillance COVID-19 Emerging infectious disease Public health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221000540 |
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