Management of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in Taiwan: a successful experience

• Autor: Calderon-Gerstein, Walter Stive
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: Horizonte médico
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:horizontemedico.usmp.edu.pe:article/1580
• Enlace del recurso: https://www.horizontemedico.usmp.edu.pe/index.php/horizontemed/article/view/1580
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Taiwán; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Taiwan; Coronavirus infections

The management of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in Taiwan has been listed as one of the most efficient in the world. Its population size is almost equivalent to that of Peru, but the rate of infections has been less than 600 and the mortality rate has been extremely low: only seven patients died until December. Despite its geographical proximity to the city of Wuhan, Taiwan successfully faced the pandemic because of its previous experience with the SARS epidemic in 2003 and its greater public awareness compared to that in other countries. The actions that have made of Taiwan an example of how to develop an efficient public health policy to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 are the following: the use of electronic and computer resources; the appropriate use of information; the development of its own laboratory tests; and, finally, the careful and effective management of suspected cases, contacts and hospitalized patients. This experience is an importantexample for our country.