Border Control, Case Identification, and Containment
On January 27, the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) and the National Immigration Agency integrated patientsâ past 14-day travel history with their NHI identification card data from the NHIA; this was accomplished in 1 day. Taiwan citizensâ household registration system and the foreignersâ entry card allowed the government to track individuals at high risk because of recent travel history in affected areas. Those identified as high risk (under home quarantine) were monitored electronically through their mobile phones. On January 30, the NHIA database was expanded to cover the past 14-day travel history for patients from China, Hong Kong, and Macau. On February 14, the Entry Quarantine System was launched, so travelers can complete the health declaration form by scanning a QR code that leads to an online form, either prior to departure from or upon arrival at a Taiwan airport. A mobile health declaration pass was then sent via SMS to phones using a local telecom operator, which allowed for faster immigration clearance for those with minimal risk. This system was created within a 72-hour period. On February 18, the government announced that all hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies in Taiwan would have access to patientsâ travel histories.
Only thing I donât understand is why they tested people who had SARS or other ripper respiratory infections. Does that make them more likely to get it again?
Could be more susceptible, or harder for them to notice (i.e. âoh my asthma/whatever is worse than usualâ but in fact they have ćŚćź˘ç ), or more at risk for serious complications if they do get infected.
On another note, people in the coronavirus megathreads have been complaining about foreigners not being able to use the e-gate⌠I wonder if this is at all related to something in the tracking system? Like for instance, something in their code/database makes it harder to track non-citizens through immigration, so they send us through the normal passport line as a precaution; or it could be connected to the NHI as not all foreigners have NHI.
I guess that is what it is because of the lack of Taiwan ID although if you ask immigration people they cannot explain it.
They have problems also with the mask allocation using the ARC number. They can do it but itâs slower for some reason.
The government. I donât know the specific organization, probably CDC.
I said supposed because they admitted there was some mix up and they forgot to check up on some people.
We got one call a day from some local official for our 2 weeks quarantine. The nieghborhood chief was supposed to be informed, but when my wife called him to check in, as instructed by the government, he said that he knew there was a family in quarantine but didnt know it was us
We flew from LA back to Taiwan but changed planes in HK. My daughter had a fever due to stomach flu, so we had to stay in HK and get a medical check that she was âfit to flyâ. This caused us t stay in HK over 24 hours, so we got put on quarantine as we had to leave the airport and stay in a hotel over night.