Regrettably, Taiwan still behind the curve when it comes to using new technology for testing

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/04/07
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Taiwan University College of Public Health Dean Chan Chang-chuan (詹長權) on Tuesday (April 7) urged the government to get ready for mass COVID-19 testing as the disease continues to spread across the globe, CNA reported.

Chan made the statement during a speech on the development of the COVID-19 pandemic he delivered at the news agency.

"What is worst about preventing a disease is getting behind the curve,” the public health expert said, adding that the WHO got behind the curve with regard to COVID-19 from the get-go.

Chan went on to say that more than 100 days have passed since the pandemic broke out, yet the whole world still knows very little about the virus. Variety is characteristic of all viruses, so COVID-19 patients across the globe have been presented with a range of symptoms, he added, which makes the need for better testing urgent.