First case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in Taiwan

Putting resiliency of a health system to the test: COVID-19 in Taiwan

“…On January 21 2020, Taiwan reported its first imported COVID-19 case returning from Wuhan whose history of disease has previously been described. 1 From hard-learned lessons of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 (with 346 confirmed cases, 73 deaths), 2 everyone on the island understand that this is a serious matter. Main reasons, of course, being our high population density, geographical location, and our close economic ties with epicenter of the outbreak.…”

Initial rapid and proactive response for the COVID-19 outbreak — Taiwan's experience

“…2 The first case of COVID-19 in Taiwan was detected on January 21. 3 By February 29, there were 2,192 suspected cases reported, and 39 COVID-19 cases were laboratory-confirmed, including 21 (54%) locally-acquired cases. Only 11 cases (28%) have Wuhan-related travel history.…”

COVID-19 pneumonia in Taiwan

“…We found that the report on "first case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in Taiwan" is very interesting. 1 We would like to share ideas on this report. Cheng et al noted that "This case report revealed a natural course of NCP with self-recovery, which may be a good example in comparison with medical treatments.…”