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As case counts continue to rise across the Mainland, China's nearest neighbors are ramping up their preparedness levels. The latest to announce a proactive stance is Taiwan, which activated their Central Epidemic Command Center in the past couple of hours.
The CDA announced the establishment of the "Central Epidemic Command Center for Severe Special Infectious Pneumonia" to comprehensively prevent the outbreak of the new type of coronavirus pneumonia in mainland China and ensure the safety of China's national epidemic
Release Date: 2020-01-20
Given that the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus infection in mainland China has not subsided, and there have been confirmed cases of migration from Wuhan to neighboring countries such as Thailand, Japan, and South Korea, it has been determined that the epidemic situation in mainland China has apparently spread and expanded. The CDC announced today (20) the establishment of the “Central Epidemic Command Center for Severe Special Infectious Pneumonia”, with Director Zhou Zhihao as the commander, coordinating and integrating the resources and manpower of the various ministries, fully protecting the domestic epidemic prevention security, ensuring the health of the people, and convening Inter-ministerial command center meetings and expert consultation meetings.
Chen Qimai, deputy director of the Executive Yuan, came to the command center meeting this afternoon to listen to the briefing and instructed the ministries to be in place quickly and fully assist the Ministry of Health and Welfare to prevent epidemics in order to demonstrate the strength and determination to protect the safety of the people, including the implementation of quarantine measures at international airports and small three-way ports; Strengthen people's risk communication and health education advocacy; ensure the preparation of anti-epidemic materials to prevent false information related to supply shortages or bulging, and reduce public panic; pre-planning and drills for infection control in medical institutions to reduce the impact of the epidemic on the country .
At today's expert consultation meeting, in response to the notification of special severe infectious pneumonia, the experts suggested that those with a history of tourism in mainland China (not limited to Wuhan) and those with pneumonia should be included in the notification to widen the surveillance scope and detect suspected cases early. In addition, health education leaflets on "Travel Epidemic Warning-Active Health Declaration" will be issued on China-Hong Kong-Macau inbound flights. In addition, the CDC is requested to confirm the inspection capacity and assist the medical institution to take stock of the isolation ward in order to respond to the crowd of people returning to the Spring Festival.
The CDA reminded that people should implement personal hygiene measures such as washing hands with soap, wearing cough masks, etc., to avoid contact with wild animals and patients with acute respiratory infections, as well as access to traditional markets and medical centers By. If you have fever, cough, or other discomfort when returning to China, you should take the initiative to notify the airport and port quarantine personnel; if you have the above-mentioned suspected symptoms within 14 days of returning to China, you can call the toll-free epidemic prevention line 1922 (or 0800-001922) and wear it according to instructions As soon as the mask comes to the doctor, please inform the doctor of your travel history, occupation, contact history, and whether it is clustered (TOCC), and timely diagnosis notification. For more information on "Severe Special Infectious Pneumonia", please refer to the website of the Department of Health (https://www.cdc.gov.tw).
