0Focus Taiwan
Date: 02/22/2020
By: Chang Ming-hsuan and Matthew Mazzetta
Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Saturday that it has planned a series of response measures, in the event that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) begins to spread at the community level.
At a press conference, Shih Chung-liang (石崇良), director general of the department of Medical Affairs at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said the CECC's four-part prevention plan is based on Taiwan's experience of dealing with the 2003-2004 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
The first part of the plan will deal with prevention efforts, since any community level transmission would cause a sudden spike in the number of confirmed cases, he said, but did not elaborate.
Second, new rules will be introduced to minimize the risk of infection among healthcare workers, Shih said. [FULL STORY]