Business Insider
Date: June 4, 2020
By: Wen-Yee Lee, Elizabeth McCauley and Mark Abadi
- Taiwan has largely kept its coronavirus outbreak under control, with only around 440 confirmed cases and seven deaths.
- But critics say the success have come at the expense of its citizens' privacy.
- To curb the spread of the virus, the Taiwanese government instituted a tracking program and regular police check-ins with known carriers.
While some governments around the world have struggled to contain the coronavirus, Taiwan has kept its outbreak under control.
But some of the tactics the Taiwanese government has used to curb the spread, including frequent police visits and the tracking of quarantined residents, have raised questions over privacy and excessive surveillance.
Located just 80 miles from mainland China, where the outbreak began, Taiwan been wildly successful at containing the virus, reporting a total of 443 cases and seven deaths. As of June 3, Taiwan has reported only three new cases in three weeks. [FULL STORY]