Taiwan has millions of visitors from China and only 45 coronavirus cases. Here's how.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/3/10/21171722/taiwan-coronavirus-china-social-distancing-quarantine

Kelsey Piper

Vox

10 March 2020

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Situated less than 90 miles from China, the coronavirus outbreak could have been critical in Taiwan, but the country's proactive measures helped to stave off the worst of the disease. Having learned from SARS epidemic, Taiwan had prepared for future situations by creating a comprehensive command center and implementing a transparent communication strategy both of which have helped slow the spread of Covid-19.

Confronting a Pandemic

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-pandemic.html

Michael Barbaro

The New York Times

12 March 2020

Podcast / Over 15 Minutes

The United States and Italy have been playing catch up in the mitigation of the coronavirus pandemic and were resistant to implementing social distancing, while other countries took more aggressive approaches. Now both countries are looking to China and South Korea to learn how sweeping actions and industrialized scaling of measures such as fever clinics, temperature check points, portable CAT scanning, and social isolation, have helped to contain the pandemic.

Tom Hanks Got Sick in Australia, Where Coronavirus Testing Isn't Such a Hassle

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/australia/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-coronavirus.html

Damien Cave

The New York Times

12 March 2020

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As the United States struggles to test all citizens exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus, Australia and Canada are offering lessons about best practices for preparing for a pandemic. Having learned from previous outbreaks, these countries implemented protocols such as a national hotline, easy-access to information about testing sites, and "an agency to coordinate and help finance testing and treatment during any kind of viral or disease outbreak" – all of which help make testing more efficient.

How Vietnam Learned From China's Coronavirus Mistakes

https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/how-vietnam-learned-from-chinas-coronavirus-mistakes

Trien Vinh Le

Huy Quynh Nguyen

The Diplomat

17 March 2020

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China has seen success in containing the coronavirus through strict governmental oversight but when the virus made its way to Vietnam – a country with similar rule – the government enacted more transparent approaches and relied on social networks to mitigate the spread. Although it is yet to be seen if one methodology was superior to the other, Vietnam's strategy of accountability and transparency has "proved to be effective and furnished positive results."

South Korea's coronavirus success story underscores how the U.S. initially failed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/17/south-koreas-coronavirus-success-story-underscores-how-us-initially-failed

Ishaan Tharoor

The Washington Post

17 March 2020

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Unlike the United States, South Korea has seen rapid success in slowing the spread of coronavirus by implementing widespread testing protocols and increasing transparency. Instead of government officials giving updates, public health experts report to the public while throughout the nation pop-up and drive-through testing sites allow for mass-scale testing, all offered free of charge to citizens.

How South Korea Put Into Place the World's Most Aggressive Coronavirus Test Program

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-south-korea-put-into-place-the-worlds-most-aggressive-coronavirus-testing-11584377217

Dasl Yoon

Timothy W. Martin

Wall Street Journal

16 March 2020

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The testing efficiency and protocols implemented in South Korea to slow the spread of coronavirus have proven to be successful, with the latest reports of the country showing that reports of cases have leveled off. Combining "a single-payer health-care system and a sweeping infectious-disease law," the country was able rapidly identify potential cases and enact isolation in order to contain the spread of the virus.

Commitment, transparency pay off as South Korea limits COVID-19 spread

https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/commitment-transparency-pay-off-as-south-korea-limits-covid-19-spread

Andrés Sánchez Braun

EURACTIV

16 March 2020

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Weeks before the coronavirus outbreak was declared to be a pandemic, Seoul, and other parts of South Korea set into motion a combination of "prevention and mitigation programs" that are now being touted as lessons for other countries struggling to contain the virus. Using technological advancements such as a national mobile phone alert system and mobile phone applications along with increased transparency around data collected, new reports of cases have slowed allowing the country to prepare for a potential surge later on.

How South Korea Scaled Coronavirus Testing While the U.S. Fell Dangerously Behind

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-korea-scaled-coronavirus-testing-while-the-us-fell-dangerously-behind

Lisa Song

ProPublica

15 March 2020

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South Korea is emerging as a model for many countries battling the spread of coronavirus, thanks to the country's quick response to initiate widespread testing and contact tracing methodology. Having learned from what failed during the outbreak in 2015, the country has been able to keep their death toll under 1 percent, unlike many other countries battling the pandemic.

The race to unravel the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the United States

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00676-3

Amy Maxmen

Nature

6 March 2020

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When virologists and genomicists in Seattle, Washington realized that COVID-19 was likely to spread to the United States, they began to research ways to keep vulnerable poplulations safe. So far, early success has come from replicating the Seattle Flu Study, which uses a swab test to "reveal the trail that the flu takes as it passes around households, homeless shelters, office parks and communities in the city," and now investors are putting money towards getting these tests into households.

W.H.O. Fights a Pandemic Besides Coronavirus: an ‘Infodemic'

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/health/coronavirus-misinformation-social-media.html

Matt Richtel

The New York Times

6 February 2020

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As word of the coronavirus outbreak spread, so did misinformation, so the World Health Organization began working with big tech companies to put a stop to it. Collaborating with the likes of Pinterest, Google, Twitter, and Facebook, W.H.O. has posted content that disputes the incorrect information across platforms and sites in order to make "falsehoods harder to find in searches or on news streams."