Central Epidemic Command Center

[2][3] Then, as a result of lessons learned from this epidemic, a permanent National Health Command Center was approved as a project on 16 August 2004; NHCC offices opened in the CDC building on 18 January 2005.

In addition, regional and deputy commanding officers of the Communicable Disease Control Network attended these meetings.

[7] On 17 May 2013, the slaughtering of live poultry was banned at traditional wet markets, eliminating risk of avian influenza being transmitted from animals to humans.

[17] The CECC has the authority to coordinate work across government departments and enlist additional personnel during an emergency.

[18] The CECC has coordinated government response measures across areas including logistics for citizens on the Diamond Princess, disinfection of public spaces around schools, and daily briefings from Minister of Health Chen Shih-chung, which are regularly aired on large news channels in Taiwan.

[19] In January, Taiwan closed its borders to all residents of Wuhan amid concerns that the country was not receiving timely updates, because it was excluded from the World Health Organization (WHO).

[24] Taiwan has done this without ordering people to stay home or shutting down schools, restaurants, shops and other businesses.