Taiwan was once considered the world’s model for fighting Covid-19.
It all ended in mid-May because of a serious outbreak.
However, the situation in recent days has improved significantly.
Medical staff injecting Covid-19 vaccine to people at a vaccination site in New Taipei City on the island of Taiwan on June 25.
According to Diplomat commentator Wayne Soon, the first secret to helping Taiwan successfully contain the outbreak is to strengthen long-standing strategies, including wearing masks, quarantining and contact tracing.
Taiwan also expanded quarantine facilities for Covid-19 patients.
Commentator Soon assessed that the second factor that brought success to Taiwan was the government’s willingness to listen and change policies.
The Kaohsiung port city government has pioneered orders to limit on-site dining in closed spaces.
In early June, when the number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 accounted for less than 2% of the 23 million population and supplies were scarce, the Taiwanese government still turned its back on requests for vaccine support from mainland China.
However, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party ultimately supported purchasing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from Germany through a mainland Chinese company, after a part of the island’s residents expressed a desire to use this vaccine.
The media is also said to be silently contributing to the fight against the pandemic, competing with each other to provide the latest information at all times.
In addition, most entertainment and news programs have moved online, or all guests and hosts must wear masks and maintain social distancing.
According to commentator Soon, an important factor contributing to Taiwan’s success is the `sweet fruit` they reaped thanks to their goodwill attitude from the early days of the pandemic.
In return, countries receiving donations from the island donated valuable Covid-19 vaccines during this outbreak.
With the number of Covid-19 vaccines received from the Covax program of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US, Taiwan has vaccinated at least one dose for 28% of residents, a big jump compared to 1%.
Soon believes that Taiwan’s success may not last long, due to the risk of the Delta strain entering and causing a similar situation to places that have also controlled the pandemic such as Australia or Singapore.
`Despite criticism from the opposition, the Taiwanese government’s expressed willingness to share its self-produced Covid-19 vaccine, developed with support from the US National Institutes of Health, shows its desire to become