Weathering COVID-19 Storm: Successful Control Measures of Five Asian Counties
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Academic Unit
College of Health and Human Services
Publication Date
7-2020
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created the first viral pandemic storm of this nature and scale in our lifetime. As of April 24, 2020 there is a total of 2,631,839 COVID-19 confirmed cases worldwide with 182,100 confirmed deaths affecting 213 countries, areas or territories.1 In this paper, we bring together the measures taken by 5 Asian countries that first got hit by the novel coronavirus. The purpose of the paper is to learn from those countries adeptly as we continue to discover what works for the United States to control COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 control measures taken by 5 Asian countries first hit by coronavirus. China took extremely aggressive measures of lockdowns and closing business. Singapore took proactive measures of border controls and extensive contact tracing. Taiwan-seized border control and strict home quarantine with the use of big data. South Korea executed widespread testing and contact tracing. Japan promoted measures of social distancing.
Journal Title
American Journal of Infection Control
Volume
48
Issue
7
Beginning Page Number
851
Last Page Number
852
DOI
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.04.021
Recommended Citation
Lu, Ning; Cheng, Kai-Wen; Qamar, Nafees; Huang, Kuo-Cherh; and Johnson, James A., "Weathering COVID-19 Storm: Successful Control Measures of Five Asian Counties" (2020). Faculty Authors and Creators Reception. 9.
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