In short, this is a Kesari of Ladakh! But enough about India! Here, is the detailed information about China. China is the biggest superpower in Asia if not in the world. They have everything. They have technology, money & people. In short, China is powerful and nobody messes with it. Not even the USA & not even Russia. We have a bully constantly eyeing our land. In 1962, China wanted to teach India a lesson. May be it has something to do with Tibet........ And the HH Dalai Lama taking refuge in India! This is our independent India........ This part of Jammu and Kashmir was already taken away by our beloved neighbours. And China's troops were marching in from here. The problem is India never expected that China would attack. But How long could we be? On 18th November 1962 6,000 Chinese troops entered Rezangla a mountain pass just a little ahead of everyone's favourite Pangong lake. it was winter time with sub zero temperature. No air support, No artillery support Not ev...
How Taiwan defeated Coronavirus!!!
There is a country which is clearly winning the battle against coronavirus (Covid-19). Not the US, Not England but a small country in Asia! 'Taiwan'.
'No lockdown, No economic slow down' full freedom but with responsibility. And Indian can learn a lot from Taiwan. But Indian media is not covering it because there is less sensationalism and more solutions!!!
Taiwan success a surprising even for experts. Taiwan is very close to China that less than a distance between Mumbai and Pune (130 kilometre).
In January around 2000 Chinese tourist would visit Taiwan everyday. It was the time of the lunar new year people from Taiwan keep travelling to China and back for business and back ALL THE TIME!!! And this was a recipe for Disaster.
But the reality is different Taiwan just have 440 coronavirus cases for better than other countries.
South Korea -10962 cases.
Japan - 15968 cases.
India -74925 cases.
So what did Taiwan do right?
We must learn this from Taiwan and share this knowledge with everybody because India needs it right now. Taiwan is winning the battle because of three reasons.
1: Taiwan was alert!!!
When the rest of world was sleeping Taiwan woke up! In the end of December, when China notified the WHO about unknown pneumonia. Taiwan immediately started proper instructions of all the passengers coming from Wuhan. Their own medical team went to Wuhan to understand the facts and Taiwan asked hospitals to report people with similar symptoms. Soon, they cancelled all tours to China. Anyone arriving in Taiwan from overseas went through thermal screening at airports. All of this was before even a single case was detected in Taiwan. Border control, Crowd Management, Proper guidance of the Public. Taiwan did it when the world took it as a joke.
India is a big country and there are still places with few or No cases!!! Green zones! Taiwan's experience can help these areas from the strategy.
2: Planning and action.
They immediately form Central Apidemic Command Centre. They devised an action plan.
a: Disinfecting Public Places.
b: Information Transparency.
c: Responsible Checkups of their Patients.
And when they detected a patient, Taiwan used data to find their 14 day travel history. Every great plan needs proper execution. Taiwan stopped exporting all mask and regulated mask sales across the country so that they could ensure everybody get a mask. They invested 6.8 dollar million to open 60 new mask production lines. From 1.8 million masks per day they started producing 10 million masks per day and that's how they were able to even donate mask to the countries in need !!!
This is Taiwan mask Miracle.
Taiwan has donated 1 million face mask to protect Indian medical personne ! This will help medical professionals. These medical professionals will be able to help millions of Indian patients and that's why we need to thank Taiwan! Taiwan vice president is an Epidemiologist. When experts guide policy decisions they keep politics aside and take rational decisions. And this is what India needs.
3: Public support.
They educated the public. Any crisis like this cannot be handled by the government alone it needs public support. They have press Conferences Everyday!
They had no lock down and the people who showed symptoms where put in quarantine immediately. But they didn't leave them alone. They supported them at all cost. They started giving $30 in Welfare to all the people in quarantine. And this give people a good reason to report that symptoms honestly. They asked the parents to check their kids temperature everyday before school. And most importantly their people followed. Because, all of this was possible cause all parts of this giant machine worked together in synergy.
Do we have it in India?
We see people flouting all the lockdown regulations. All the time!!
India has the world's biggest lockdown in-place but and yet the number of cases are not coming down!!
Why?
The answer is not simple but we must learn from the countries who had worse odds than us. But, Who fought the virus better?
Taiwan had lost life during SARS epidemic. And they learned their lesson and they applied their learnings over here!!
Right now, they are shipping PPE kits to other countries who need it the most. Taiwan has donated 17 million masks worldwide. They are sharing the raw materials, test kits, their ideas and ventilators with rest of the world.
India can learn from this expertise and jointly applied in rural pockets that need it the most.
Taiwan has shown us that life goes on!! We need to learn how to live with covid-19.
Normal is different, Now!!
And Taiwan can help us in that. So many countries don't recognise Taiwan as a country! Denied an entry in WHO and even in UN. But that does not stop Taiwan from being kind.
Taiwan's story is a reminder for all of us that even in adverse situations, We can fight and We can WIN!
And most importantly, when we treat the whole world as one big family.
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