COVID-19 preventive measures showing an unintended decline in infectious diseases in Taiwan

Cooper J. Galvin; Yu Chuan (Jack) Li; Shwetambara Malwade; Shabbir Syed-Abdul

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.062

COVID-19 preventive measures showing an unintended decline in infectious diseases in Taiwan

Cooper J. Galvin, Yu Chuan (Jack) Li, Shwetambara Malwade, Shabbir Syed-Abdul

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Abstract

Most of the communicable diseases have contact, airborne and/or droplet mode of transsmission. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Taiwan government implemented the use of masks and sanitizer, as well as other preventive measures like social distancing for prevention. This public response likely contributed significantly to the decline in the outbreak of other infectious diseases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-20
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	98
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.062
Publication status	Published - Sept 1 2020

Keywords

Communicable diseases
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Face masks
Sanitizers
Humans
Communicable Diseases/epidemiology
Masks
Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control
Pandemics/prevention & control
Taiwan/epidemiology
Hand Disinfection
Betacoronavirus
Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

UN SDGs

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