id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-293268-6l1fyl93 Cheng, Hao-Yuan Initial rapid and proactive response for the COVID-19 outbreak — Taiwan's experience 2020-03-25 .txt text/plain 946 60 54 At the early stage of the outbreak, the strategy in Taiwan had three pillars: real-time surveillance with rapid risk assessment, border control and quarantine, and laboratory capacity building. 5 CECC then announced several policies in response to the worsening outbreak in China, including border control and home quarantine requirement for travelers from affected countries and areas; export ban of surgical masks and N95 respirators to secure the domestic use; strengthening the preparedness of Communicable Disease Control Medical Network for patient isolation and clinical management; and risk communication with the public through daily press and social media such as Line app and Facebook. 6 After China released the whole genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 on January 10, Taiwan CDC's national reference laboratory immediately set up the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for the virus. CECC already charted the next steps in COVIDFigure 1 The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Taiwan by reporting date, January 15eFebruary 29 and the implementation of disease control measures. ./cache/cord-293268-6l1fyl93.txt ./txt/cord-293268-6l1fyl93.txt