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On the 3rd, the “New York Times” headlined “How Taiwan Plans to Prevent the Epidemic” and wrote about how Taiwan can stop the spread of the epidemic. In response, Chen Shizhong, the commander of the Epidemic Central Command Center, said, “I think there will be another wave of epidemics.” Image: Epidemic Central Command Center / Provided
The world remains devastated by new corona pneumonia and variant strains have recently been discovered in the UK and South Africa. In the past, Taiwan has been featured in the international media because there have been no cases of local infection for more than 200 years. On the 3rd, the “New York Times” headlined “How Taiwan Plans to Prevent the Epidemic” and wrote about how Taiwan can stop the spread of the epidemic. In response, Chen Shizhong, the commander of the Epidemic Central Command Center, said, “I think there will be another wave of epidemics.”
The New York Times noted that the world has caused large-scale deaths and unemployment due to new crown pneumonia, and that people’s livelihoods and finances have often faced serious problems. However, the life of people in Taiwan has always been normal, even getting married, going to the night market, watching games or admiring the concert and so on are so normal that people feel amazing. In addition, the population of Taiwan is even larger than that of Florida, but the number of deaths is very small, but this inevitably worries the public. In fact, since March last year, Taiwan has refused the entry of foreign tourists or those who have entered Taiwan must undergo quarantine for two weeks.
In this regard, Chen Shizhong also told the New York Times that although vaccines have been shown to be an effective method against the epidemic in the long term, the Chinese government will not relax its anti-epidemic policy due to public pressure. After all, there is the possibility of a new wave of breakouts. Some people will think: “I have been vaccinated and I have waited a long time! Are you free now?” At present, more data should be available to confirm how long vaccines on the market can provide protection before Taiwan’s epidemic prevention policies can be relaxed.
Additionally, Stanford University associate professor Jason Wang believes that it is not easy for Taiwan to last that long. However, even if all the people in Taiwan have completed the injection by June 2021, the production of antibodies and the global epidemic will take a certain time. As the fever continues to spread, variant virus strains are discovered one after another, and infectivity grows stronger, inevitably more infected people will reach the border from Taiwan. In fact, it’s only a matter of time before they cross the government’s protection.
Regarding the recent lifting of restrictions on the entry of Taiwanese tourists by the Singapore government, Dale Fisher, professor of infectious diseases at the National University of Singapore, said that even if travelers bring the new corona virus into the country , they are unlikely to cause large-scale infections, as long as they do not have confidence in the epidemic prevention system. , The national border will be more guarded. Currently, the real test of Taiwan is how long people can stay away from the world, and the lockdown policy cannot be used as an epidemic prevention strategy.
The world continues to be ravaged by new corona pneumonia and variant strains have recently been discovered in the UK and South Africa. In the past, Taiwan has been featured in the international media because there have been no cases of local infection for more than 200 years.
On the 3rd, the “New York Times” headlined “How Taiwan Plans to Prevent the Epidemic” and wrote about how Taiwan can stop the spread of the epidemic. In response, Chen Shizhong, commander of the Epidemic Central Command Center, said: “I think there will be another wave of epidemics.”
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