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以下是陳時中投書於CITY A.M.的原文........

Taiwan Health Minister: We survived Covid with a handful of deaths, let us
help build a global healthcare system

台灣衛服部長:我們從新冠肺炎疫情中存活下來,只造成少數人死亡,讓我們建立全球醫療
照護系統

2021年5月13日
Dr. Shih-chung Chen
作者:陳時中
Dr. Shih-chung Chen is the Minister of Health and Welfare for the Republic of
China (Taiwan)
陳時中是台灣衛服部長

Emerging infectious diseases pose an unceasing threat to global health,
international economies, trade and tourism. As the world has grown close
through international aviation and transport, the ability of pandemics to
spread rapidly has increased. Covid-19, the novel form of pneumonia which
first emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019 has killed more than 2.7
million people worldwide.




Taiwan’s geographical proximity to China put it at risk of being one of the
worst-affected countries. Our experience of fighting the SARS outbreak meant
Taiwan was hyper-aware of the threat of a pandemic. It also meant we knew
which alarm bells to ring. On December 31, 2019, before most countries had
acknowledged the seriousness of the virus in Wuhan, authorities launched an
enhanced monitoring system, alongside tireless containment efforts since the
first case in our country on January 21, 2020. As of April this year, there
had been 1,086 cases and only 11 deaths in Taiwan.



For the majority of the population, life and work have continued. There were
253 days without any cases of domestic transmission between April and
December 2020.

台灣大多數人,仍過正常生活,從2020年4月到12月,有253天,國內沒有爆發感染


We have a robust nationwide infectious disease healthcare network, led and
overseen by experts across six regions. There are more than 100 secondary
response hospitals and all twenty-two special municipalities, counties and
cities have their own primary response hospitals. Within the network, there
is the legal authority to transfer patients with highly contagious diseases
to these designated facilities. This was instrumental in protecting our
health system and our health workers.



Most of our non-Covid services continued to operate throughout the pandemic.
To date, there have been only two hospital-associated outbreaks of Covid-19
in Taiwan and no health professionals have died after contracting the virus.

我們的醫院目前大部分都還沒處理新冠肺炎病患,目前為止,台灣只有兩例有醫院相關接觸
史人員感染新冠肺炎,並沒有醫護人員死於肺炎疫情

While global economies have shrunk, Taiwan’s GDP growth last year was just
over 3 per cent, with an even higher growth rate of almost 5 per cent in the
fourth quarter. Our economy has, for the most part, continued to function and
thrive. Early on in the pandemic, we swiftly implemented flexible adjustments
for quarantine, so vessels and aircraft carriers which allow our fisheries,
offshore wind farms, and air transport industries to continue to operate.

當全球經濟衰退,去年台灣經濟還成長超過3%,甚至第四季還超過5%,我們的經濟,目前仍持
續運行且興盛,早在疫情爆發前,我們就實施彈性隔離措施,所以我們的航運,航空業,漁業,及離
岸風力發電建設,空運都還持續運行

The cornerstone of our success, however, was the public’s trust in an
cooperation with the government’s response to containing Covid-19. We have
worked tirelessly to balance the public’s right to know and personal privacy
and freedom. While countries around the world have used the pandemic as a way
to reign in control and strip the public of crucial data, openness of
information has been at the core of our response. At no point during the
pandemic has Taiwan restricted people’s right to free expression, assembly
or participation in public life. While this was enabled by the low
transmission of coronavirus in our nation, protecting these freedoms was at
the core of our aims.


台灣並無剝奪人民表達意見,讓人民有參與公共事務的權利,這促使我們國家新冠肺炎低傳
染率,保護人民自由是我們的宗旨

The impact of the pandemic has been felt the most by those who are already
vulnerable, or lacking quality health care services. The pandemic was able to
grasp a hold of the world because of our international ties. But it is also
through our global community that we can root out the vulnerabilities which
allowed the virus to spread. Taiwan will do its utmost to work with the World
Health Organization and global health leaders to ensure that all people enjoy
living and working conditions which promote a healthy life. We will monitor
health inequalities and advocate for universal access to quality health
services.



Taiwan’s response has been one of the world’s success stories, but the
pillars which enabled this must be available in countries across the world.
There must be global monitoring and early warning systems to detect the
threat of future emerging infectious diseases.

台灣應對新冠肺炎的成功模式,可以讓全世界其他國家參考,全球必須建立一個監測系統,
提前預警系統,以防範未來傳染病

We urge the World Health Organisation and the global community to acknowledge
our contributions to the international community and to include Taiwan in
international meetings, mechanisms and activities. We will continue to work
with the rest of the world to ensure that all enjoy the fundamental human
right to health. Echoing the mantra of the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable
Development Goals, no one should be left behind.



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