Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center says the country’s success in containing COVID-19 has hinged on strict border controls.
The Center’s Vice Commander, Chen Tsung-yen, said Friday that Taiwan has so far issued quarantine orders to around 150,000 people at the country’s entry points. He said that border officials have administered over 6,000 COVID-19 tests. Of Taiwan’s 352 imported cases COVID-19 so far, 138 were discovered at the border. This means that 39% of cases brought in from outside Taiwan were detected as soon as patients arrived in the country.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung says that it’s been strict border controls that have allowed life in Taiwan can carry on with few changes.
Taiwan has announced that it had not recorded any new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Taiwan’s total number of confirmed cases stands at 443, with 429 patients already discharged from the hospital. Taiwan has seen 54 consecutive days without any new cases of domestic transmission.