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Taiwan's CovID ranks
According to New York Times (2023-2-23), Taiwan's death rate (deaths per 100,000) still ranks world No.1, "cases per 100,000" ranks world No.2 (next to Nauru). But Taiwanese government said at 2023-2-6 that the pandemic of third wave started from middle Dec. 2022, the number of deaths and the curve is relatively smooth; Taiwanese government said (2023-2-17) the pandemic is ending.

New York Times, Feb. 23, 2023 12:12pm Taiwan's death rate still ranks world No.1 nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
world rank	country	cases per 100,000	14 days changed	deaths per 100,000
1	Taiwan	67	-34%	0.25
6	Australia	10	-16	0.11
7	Japan	14	-54	0.10
23	NZ	24	-7	0.06
31	Hong Kong	-	-	0.04
35	S. Korea	20	-26	0.03
64	Malaysia	<1	-14	<0.01
about 170	Singapore	0	-100	-
about 200	China	-	-100	-
world No. 66 Thailand, No. 67 UAE, No. 68 Indonesia, 71 Pakistan, 72 India, 80 Bangladesh, 127 Cambodia, 133 Laos, 147 Macao

According to New York Times (2023-2-6), Taiwan's CovID-19 death rate (deaths per 100,000) ranks world's No.1, Taiwan's cases per 100,000 ranks world's No.1.

New York Times, Feb. 6, 2023 nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
world rank	country	Asia's rank	deaths per 100,000	Fully Vaccinated
1	Taiwan	1	0.26	87%
2	Finland		0.26	79
3	Sweden		0.23	74
4	Bermuda		0.22	75
5	Latvia		0.21	68
6	Japan	2	0.21	82
12	Australia	3	0.12	85
29	S. Korea	4	0.05	86
35	China	5	0.03	91
49	Macau	6	0.02	100
62	Philippines	7	0.01	68
71	NZ	8	<0.01	84

New York Times, Feb. 6, 2023 nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
world rank	country	cases per 100,000	14 days changed	deaths daily average	deaths per 100,000
1	Taiwan	111	+39%	63	0.26
4	Japan	32	-55	262.6	0.21
5	S.Korea	29	-43	27.7	0.05
7	NZ	23	-	0.3	<0.01
11	Australia	12	-23	30.4	0.12
19	Singapore	8	+26	0.1	<0.01
	China	1	-79	468.3	0.03
	world	3	-34%	2187	0.03

New York Times, 2023-2-16 News briefing CovID death per 100,000 people since 2020
Australia	Taiwan	S. Korea	Indonesia	Japan	New Zealand	Singapore	China (official count)
74	70	65	59	55	50	30	6
China's official toll includes only infected people who died in hospitals

ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-vaccine-booster-doses-per-capita?country=SGP~OWID_WRL~TWN~KOR~HKG~JPN~AUS~CHN~FIN~SWE~BMU

COVID-19 vaccine boosters administered per 100 people till Feb 4, 2023

Total number of vaccine booster doses administered, divided by the total population of the country. Booster doses are doses administered beyond those prescribed by the original vaccination protocol.

Japan ( 138+ ) > Taiwan( 100+) > Sweden (93+) > HK (92+)> S. Korea> Singapore> Finland (77+) > Australia (75+)> China (68+) > Nermuda

New York Times (2022-11-15), Taiwan's CovID-19 deaths per 100,000 ranks last among Asia'S main countries. According to New York Times (2022-10-25), Taiwan's CovID-19 cases per 100,000 and deaths per 100,000 both are the worst among Asia'S main countries.

WSWS.org, 2022-12-1: In the past week alone, ... placing Taiwan in the top ten in the world for cases per million people. It also currently has the second-highest deaths per million. Total overall cases stand at 8,313,366 with 14,334 deaths, most occurring since April. wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/01/bqmc-d01.html

The China Times, editorial (2022-11-23): Taiwan's CovID-19 case-fatality rate (確診致死率) in recent two weeks ranks world No.3, such a bad record lasts at least two weeks. chinatimes.com/opinion/20221123004522-262101?chdtv

The China Times (2022-10-26): Taiwan's confirmed cases per 1000,000 in last 7 days ranks world last. (chinatimes.com/opinion/20221025005192-262101?chdtv)
　

New York Times, 2022-11-15 Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html Taiwan's CovID-19 deaths per 100,000 ranks last among Asia'S main countries
country/region	Death daily per100,000	Deaths daily avg.
Taiwan	0.24	56.9
Hong Kong	0.13	10
New Zealand	0.1	5.1
S Korea	0.09	45.1
Japan	0.06	69.7
Australia	0.06	14.3
Malaysia	0.03	8.9
Indonesia	0.02	41.4
Philippines	0.02	17.4
Singapore	0.02	0.9
Thailand	<0.01	6
India	<0.01	4
Saudi Arabia	<0.01	2.1
Bangladesh	<0.01	0.4
Sri Lanka	<0.01	0.3
Pakistan	<0.01	0.3
Mongolia	<0.01	0.1
Myanmar	<0.01	0
UAE	-	0
Qatar	-	0
Nepal	-	0
Laos	-	0
Cambodia	-	0
Vietnam	-	0
China	-	0
Macau	-	0

New York Times, 2022-10-25 Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html Taiwan's CovID-19 cases per 100,000 and deaths per 100,000 both are the worst among Asia'S main countries
country/region	cases daily avg.	per100,000	Deaths daily avg.	Deaths per100,000
World	364,848	5	1,488.9	0.02
Taiwan	36,863	155	61.9	0.26
Singapore	5,941	104	1.7	0.03
Hong Kong	5,438	73	8.3	0.11
New Zealand	3,260	66	4.4	0.09
S Korea	23,025	45	16.9	0.03
Japan	34,409	27	57.3	0.05
Australia	4634	18	12.9	0.05
Qatar	471	17	0.1	<0.01
Malaysia	1932	6	3	<0.01
UAE	282	3	0.1	<0.01
Philippines	1541	1	37.9	0.04
Indonesia	2201	<1	18.6	<0.01
Saudi Arabia	228	<1	1.9	<0.01
Mongolia	21	<1	0	-
Vietnam	593	<1	0.4	<0.01
Thailand	374	<1	5.7	<0.01
Myanmar	195	<1	0.9	<0.01
Laos	12	<1	0	-
India	1760	<1	9.5	<0.01
Bangladesh	176	<1	1.0	<0.01
China	844	<1	0	-
SriLanka	9	<1	0.6	<0.01

Global comparison: where are confirmed CovID-19 deaths increasing most rapidly? How long does it take the number of total confirmed deaths to double Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths 2022-10-8
Asian country	days to double deaths	Asian country	days to double deaths
Taiwan	106	Sri Lanka	405
New Zealand	110	Philippines	412
Australia	149	Cambodia	426
S Korea	196	Myanmar	431
HK	204	Indonesia	441
Japan	225	Bangladesh	462
Laos	278	India	511
Singapore	292	China	955
Vietnam	349	Asia	481
Thai	374	world	527
Mongolia	380
Malaysia	397
1. Micronesia 38 days, 2 Marshall Island 51 days, 3 Macau 85 days, Taiwan ranks world No.4

new CovID-19 cases per 1M Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-cases 2022-10-8
country	new cases per 1M	country	new cases per 1M
Taiwan	1.88K	Philippines	19.8
Singapore	840.28	Vietnam	9.93
HK	500.82	Thai	8.85
S Korea	453.83	India	1.94
NZ	277.1	China	0.66
Japan	265.1	Sri Lanka	0.49
Australia	202.5	Cambodia	0.31
Malaysia	48.27	Macau	0
Mongolia	24.15
Asia 26.62 , N America 71, Taiwan ranks world No.3, No.1 Micronesia 10.16K, No.2 Saint Helena 8.06K

nChina Times editorial, 2022-10-8: The average number of confirmed CovID cases (7-day average) ranks world No.3 , and the number of new CovID cases per 100,000
people ranks world No.1. Taiwan's epidemic prevention work has changed from a so-called model student to an international joke. chinatimes.com/opinion/20221007004493-262101?chdtv
nChina Times, editorial, 2022-10-6: Over the past two years, the feelings of the public have changed from pride to doubt, depression and even numbness.
chinatimes.com/opinion/20221006004593-262101?chdtv

Global comparison: where are confirmed CovID-19 deaths increasing most rapidly? How long does it take the number of total confirmed deaths to double Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths 2022-10-8 Taiwan scores the worst in Asia & Pacific, the 4th worst worldwide
country in Asia	days to double deaths	country in Asia	days to double deaths
Taiwan	106	Sri Lanka	405
NZ	110	Philippines	412
Australia	149	Cambodia	426
S Korea	196	Myanmar	431
HK	204	Indonesia	441
Japan	225	Bangladesh	462
Laos	278	India	511
Singapore	292	China 中國大陸	955
Vietnam	349	Asia 亞洲	481
Thai	374	world 世界	527
Mongolia	380
Malaysia	397
1. Micronesia 38 days, 2 Marshall Island 51 days, 3 Macau 85 days, Taiwan ranks world No.4

new CovID-19 cases per 1M Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-cases 2022-10-8 Taiwan scores 3rd worst worldwide
country	new cases per 1M	country	new cases per 1M
Taiwan	1.88K	Philippines	19.8
Singapore	840.28	Vietnam	9.93
HK	500.82	Thai	8.85
S Korea	453.83	India	1.94
NZ	277.1	China	0.66
Japan	265.1	Sri Lanka	0.49
Australia	202.5	Cambodia	0.31
Malaysia	48.27	Macau	0
Mongolia	24.15
Asia 26.62 , N America 71, Taiwan ranks world No.3, No.1 Micronesia 10.16K, No.2 Saint Helena 8.06K

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Statista, 2022-7-27: Coronavirus (COVID-19) CovID death rate in countries with confirmed deaths and over 1,000 reported cases as of April 26, 2022, by country comparisons among main Asian countries statista.com/statistics/1105914/coronavirus-death-rates-worldwide/ Taiwan ranks world No. 143
countries	World ranks	cases in last 7 days	Death Rate
NZ Cook Islands	No.1	526	0.02
Bhutan	No.2	3317	0.03
New Zealand	No.5	45748	0.07
Singapore	No.8	16728	0.11
Australia	No.9	247199	0.12
S Korea	No.11	426645	0.13
Qatar	No.19	546	0.19
Mongolia	No.24	196	0.24
UAE	No.26	1459	0.26
Israel	No.26	21334	0.26
Laos	No.34	4515	0.36
Japan	No.38	244929	0.38
Vietnam	No.42	82453	0.41
Thailand	No.71	110385	0.6
China	No.74	179114	0.6
Malaysia	No.93	31317	0.8
Lebanon	No.105	651	0.9
Saudi Arabia	No.125	678	1.2
India	No.128	12503	1.21
Nepal	No.129	78	1.22
Taiwan	No.143	23976	1.39

nChina Times editorial, 2022-10-6:  Taiwan's epidemic prevention center is reluctant to decompile because it can take related materials by expropriation methods to avoid 
procurement law& regulations. Masks, nucleic acids, vaccines, medicines, almost every item shows traces of corruption, but all are "legal corruption" (對防疫物資利用徵用手段，
避開採購法規。幾乎每一項都能看出貪瀆的痕跡，但都拿指揮中心沒辦法，因為每一項都是合法貪瀆。).

nSCMP, 2022-10-1: Taiwan eases some of world’s oldest quarantine rules, ，, but analysts say testing remains a 'deterrent to travel'...The weekly cap on arrivals will "hamper a full-fledged recovery" in Taiwan。msn.com/en-xl/travel/other/as-taiwan-eases-some-of-world-e2-80-99s-oldest-quarantine-rules-remaining-curbs-and-concerns-see-airlines-lament-e2-80-98half-step-forward-e2-80-99/ar-AA12tLJi

nNational Post , 2022-9-28: Taiwan has tracked thousands of quarantining people at a time using their cell phones and even now still requires travellers to purchase
a SIM card with a local number.。msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/good-culture-how-taiwan-avoided-pushback-to-stringent-covid-rules/ar-AA12mb7x

nUnited Daily, 2022-9-17: It's so sad ! the government ignores what they should do, resulting in more than 5 million confirmed CovID cases, and more than 10,000 deaths (including those with adverse reactions to vaccines). Wu (吳子嘉) publicly stated that the price difference between the purchase of vaccines and Guo's payments (郭台銘) is US $100 million. No one knows who took the money into his pocket... unknown number of CovID patients were isolated, lacked of medicine, and wards... udn.com/news/story/7340/6618855?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 楊志良
nChina Times, editorial, 2022-10-6: All policies have fallen behind, Why Taiwan's government bought an outdated next-generation vaccine...? which may leads to another disaster chinatimes.com/opinion/20220907005076-262101?chdtv

n Nikkei Asia (Japan) , 2022-7-8: In latest Nikkei CovID-19 Recovery Index, Taiwan, at 112th, is still grappling with tens of thousands of cases every day, though both infections and deaths are falling. The current wave has cost the island nearly 6,500 lives. ( Taiwan ranks Asia's last )
n Bloomberg's CovID Resilience Ranking, 2022-6-29: But they've been unable to outrun omicron: Taiwan and Hong Kong both saw deaths spike as more virus circulated (bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/)
　

Nikkei CovID-19 Recovery Index asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-19-Recovery-Index/Cambodia-Vietnam-top-COVID-recovery-index-as-Asia-fears-new-waves 2022-7-8 comparison among main countries in Asia & Pacific
Asia's rank	world rank	country	score
1	1	Cambodia	78
2	2	Vietnam 越南	76.5
3	4	S. Korea 南韓	72.5
4	5	Qatar	72
5	6	Bangladesh	71
5	6	Nepal	71
7	11	Saudi Arabia	69.5
8	14	Sri Lanka	68
9	18	Mongolia	67.5
9	18	UAE	67.5
11	26	Malaysia	66.5
12	30	Japan	64
13	35	India	63.5
14	38	China	63
15	49	Pakistan	61.5
16	53	Hong Kong	61
16	53	Indonesia	61
16	53	Thailand	61
19	62	Philippines	60.5
20	71	Laos	59
20	71	Singapore	59
22	79	Myanmar	58
23	88	Australia	55
24	101	NZ	53
25	112	Taiwan	50
Source: The Index ranks 121 countries/regions on infection management, vaccine rollouts, and social mobility. A higher ranking indicates a country is closer to recovery with its low numbers of confirmed cases/deaths, better vaccination rates and less stringent social distancing measures; data sources include Our World in Data, Google CovID-19 Community Mobility Reports, Oxford CovID-19 Gov. Response Tracker, Cirum, and Nikkei Asia research

Taiwan's media comments

Day by day, CDC repeats speaking one figure: fatality rate among serious illness patients is 80+%。But, if they were sent to hospital earlier, the rate is only 5-9%!the bed vacancy is really high, but those patients died outside. The government keeps many beds un-occupied by strict requirements instead of expanding medical resources, If this is not "murder by the government", what is it ? brief:chinatimes.com/opinion/20220621002747-262110?chdtv 邱淑媞

n 中時China Times, 2022-6-22: Such a high death rate absolutely is caused by the government's and hospitals' intentionally doing nothing (故意不作為)，the government used the name of "keeping medical capacity" to block some patients, therefore should take the main responsibility ... the hospitals prefer confirmed mild CovID illness patients to max their profits, that's why so many serious cases died outside of the hospitals (政府以保障醫療量能之名，行減收病人之實，是罪魁禍首)。 brief: chinatimes.com/opinion/20220622004099-262104?chdtv 王任賢
n China Times, 2022-6-17: editorial, CDC and its team have no bottom line of morality / The government issued EUA to 大鑫 company, however, their rapid test kits (240 millions pieces ) can only show negative results, sometimes even fail to show negative，the gov. easily let those lousy products enter so many official units to distribute ... (ps: many Taiwanese may die for this) chinatimes.com/opinion/20220617003712-262101?chdtv

◆ Bloomberg's CovID Resilience Ranking, 2022-6-29: But they've been unable to outrun omicron: Taiwan and Hong Kong both saw deaths spike as more virus circulated (bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/)

Bloomberg's CovID Resilience Ranking, 2022-6-29 comparison - Taiwan with some other main countries in Asia & Pacific They’ve been unable to outrun Omicron: Taiwan saw deaths spike as more virus circulated ...
country	1-month cases per 100,000	resilience rank	3-month case fatality rate	pandemic MVPs
Taiwan	7826	next to last	0.2%	No.37
mainland China	0	No.51	0.1%
Hong Kong	376	No.49	1.9%
Malaysia	169	No.37	0.2%
New Zealand	3383	No.35	0.2%	No.21
Bangladesh	8	No.34	0.1%	No.27
Japan	373	No.30	0.1%	No.15
Vietnam	28	No.18	0%
Singapore	2255	No.14	0%	No.13
Australia	3216	No.9	0.1%	No.24
UAE	336	No.2	0%	No.1
S. Korea	502	No.1	0.2%	No.4
bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/ PS: Taiwan's scores on "Flight Capacity", "vaccinated travel routes" are last but one

Oxford Univ. ourworldindata.org
country	How long did it take to double confirmed cases, 2022-7-5	Daily new confirmed cases 2022-6-30	Daily new confirmed cases 2022-7-5
Taiwan	36 days	38920	35984
Australia	104	33746	43403
Japan	132	23325	36164
India	425	17070	16159
S. Korea	109	9516	19362
Singapore	127	9505	12784
New Zealand	95	7295	n/a
Malaysia	274	2867	2932
Hong Kong	122	2358	2268
Thailand	178	2354	2428
Indonesia	348	2248	2577
UAE	454	1778	1732
Philippines	317	1307	759
Vietnam	117	839	989
Qatar	448	659	667
China	85	111	435
Macau	6	59	61
Laos	193	13	11
SriLanka	331	13	13
Myanmar	337	13	13
Cambodia	351	7	5

◆ WSWS.org, 2022-6-30: Taiwan experiencing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the world wsws.org/en/articles/2022/06/30/fcwb-j30.html
The corporate media has hailed Taipei’s actions as part of the agenda of placing profits before lives...Given the increased use of the more unreliable rapid antigen tests in Taiwan, it is almost certain that the actual number of cases is much higher...Taiwan Falsely claimed that 99.5 percent of cases were mild or asymptomatic... in the words of the Guardianin May, Taipei feels it can lift restrictions, while drawing a false equivalence between virus elimination measures and authoritarianism.

◆ GT, 2022-6-10: "The handling of outbreak also proved that Taiwan's medical and health facilities are inadequate and cannot take care of a large number of patients at the same time, which is completely inconsistent with Taiwan's claim that it has advanced medical and health infrastructure,""In any place where a public health crisis was so badly handled and people's lives were treated carelessly with no respect, the authorities should resign." globaltimes.cn/page/202206/1267806.shtml

◆ Washington Post, 2022-6-2: In our survey, 68 percent of respondents agree with the statement that “COVID-19 is a national security threat.” A lower figure (56 percent) perceives “the risk of getting COVID in the next 3 months” as being high for them personally. ...a poll this week found that 70 percent of Taiwanese wanted the government to retain stricter border control policies. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/02/taiwan-covid-relaxed-border-policy/

◆ Asia Nikkei (Japan), 2022-6-3: Taiwan slips to 113th place in Nikkei's CovID-19 Recovery Index. a relaxation of travel curbs fuels a record spike in cases asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Taiwan-s-COVID-success-story-hits-snag-with-shift-to-reopening

Our World In Data. org (produced as a collaborative effort between researchers at the University of Oxford, ) Global comparison / where are confirmed deaths increasing most rapidly How long did it take for the number of total confirmed deaths to double; 2022-6-9
Taiwan	13 days	Thai	265	Qatar	423
Montserrat	13	Malaysia	279	Pakistan	428
Samoa	45	Sri Lanka	287	Lebanon	456
NZ	49	Japan	298	UAE	471
S. Korea	83	Philippines	299	Saudi Arab	624
Hong Kong	86	Cambodia	307	China	836
Australia	119	Myanmar	313	N. Korea	n/a
Laos	159	Indonesia	323
Singapore	194	Bangladesh	344
Vietnam	231	Nepal	385
Mongolia	265	India	392
world 415 days, Europe 434 days, high-income 471 days, N. America 473 ; ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths

OurWorldInData.org Global comparison / Daily New confirmed deaths; 2022-6-9
US	285	India	24	Malaysia	3
Taiwan	211	Japan	23	Singapore	2
Australia	40	S. Korea	18	Hong Kong	1
Thai	24	New Zealand	7	China , Philippines, Mynmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Bangdelish, Laos, Sri Lanka, Israel, Mongolia, N. Korea, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE	0

◆ Forbes, 2022-6-4: Taiwan Covid Deaths Hit Daily Record Of 152; Property Transactions Fall forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2022/06/04/taiwan-covid-deaths-hit-daily-record-of-152-property-transactions-fall/?sh=4ae0f4a82a96

◆ Telegraph (UK), 2022-5-30: Taiwan's ‘Squid Game’/ experts :
⊙The diversion of resources to maintaining and enforcing quarantine was not sustainable... These resources are better spent ensuring that the vulnerable among the local population are appropriately diagnosed and treated. ⊙People should pay more attention to air cleaning telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/taiwans-squid-game-like-go-countrys-strict-quarantine-process/

◆ Al Jazeera, 2022-5-30: Taiwan is now battling its worst-ever outbreak... The fatalities have notably included the sudden deaths of several very young children, which many Taiwanese attribute to failures of the healthcare system aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/30/brawl-breaks-out-in-taiwan-legislature
　

◆ Bloomberg, 2022-5-29: Taiwan's worst Covid outbreak has left the island's insurers bracing for more than $1 billion in claims that the financial regulator is urging them to honor twitter.com/business/status/1530713592869404672

◆ New Yorker, 2022-5-23: On the last evening of April, Huang's six-month-old son,...a hundred and two degrees Fahrenheit. Next, a rapid covid test. Two red lines appeared. ... rushed to the hospital... hushed with uncertainty and huddled under an awning to escape the rain. By the time a doctor could see them, it was 3 a.m. There wasn't much to be done; they were sent home. newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-topsy-turvy-end-of-zero-covid-in-taiwan (brief)

◆ DW (Germany), 2022-5-20: Taiwan 'is not ready to face an outbreak at this level,' experts warn of an increase in COVID-19 fatalities if the island can't streamline policies...Taiwanese authorities want to avoid hospitals becoming overburdened, but they also don't want to let the outbreak "drag on for too long."... the official software used to arrange the medical sessions had either crashed or failed to indicate clinics or hospitals offering such services... dw.com/en/is-taiwan-learning-to-live-with-covid/a-61878438

Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking 2022-5-27 Taiwan ranks the 3rd from the end
Ranks of main countries of Asia & Pacific	CovID cases per 100,000 people over the past month (JHU)	The Strength of health-care system	CovID deaths as a share of cases over the past 3months (%)
World No. 5 EAU	82	63	0
No. 6. S Korea	1955	89	0.1
10. Saudi Arabia	30	64	0.7
12. Singapore	1760	92	0.1
22. Vietnam	141	60	0
23. Australia	5074	89	0.1
33. Bangladesh	0	54	0.9
34. Malaysia	185	67	0.3
35. Thai.	328	72	0.4
39. India	6	47	4.7
41. Japan	786	96	0.2
43. Indonesia	3	49	1.5
44. NZ	4389	83	0.1
48. Hong Kong	115	-	0.8
49. Philippines	4	55	13.9
50. Pakistan	1	39	1
51. Taiwan (drop 19 positions ) 台灣	6031	79	0
52. Chn	9	70	0.1
53 countries in total; bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/spanish.html

◆ Guardian (UK), 2022-5-9: Once a zero-Covid poster child, Taiwan learns to live with the virus / experts predict... up to 16,000 dead. Rules and regulations change almost daily and incrementally. The death of a two-year-old boy last month highlighted communication failures exacerbated by Taiwan’s entrenched bureaucracy. hospital ...colleagues are understaffed and overworked, there is not enough protective equipment or backup to replace staff who go on leave because they caught the virus...and are still subject to a pandemic ban on health workers leaving the country. theguardian.com/world/2022/may/09/once-a-zero-covid-poster-child-taiwan-learns-to-live-with-the-virus

◆ Nikkei Asia (Japan), 2022-5-5: Taiwan's ranking has plunged (down to No.94, behind most countries in Asia & Pacific, e.g., Japan, Korea, Singapore) in the latest edition of Nikkei's COVID-19 Recovery Index as the island transitions from a strict zero-virus strategy to living with the respiratory illness, even as infections surge. South Korea ranking soars as infections plunge and mobility curbs ease. newagebd.net, 2022-5-7: The index is maintained by Nikkei, Japan's leading business publication group that includes the Nikkei, Nikkei Asia, and the Financial Times (of London), assessing countries and regions on infection management, vaccine rollouts and social mobility. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-19-Recovery-Index/Taiwan-China-tumble-in-Nikkei-COVID-Recovery-Index-amid-outbreaks

◆ New York Times , 2022-5-9: now moving from zero Covid to the path of coexisting with the virus... (1) quarantine requirements for travelers were stifling economic activity (2) Political considerations are also at play...in contrast to the authoritarian Communist Party of China. The shift could also be risky for Taiwan's older adults. brief from nytimes.com/2022/05/09/world/asia/taiwan-china-covid.html

◆ TIME, 2022-5-5: Taipei is easing COVID-19 curbs even as its daily cases are rising time.com/6174132/taiwan-covid-strategy/ TIME, 2022-4-16: Taiwan (Chen) tells TIME that a high vaccination rate, and the availability of rapid testing and antiviral therapies, had to be in place before Taiwan could move away from its de facto zero-COVID policy. (ps: obviously, Taiwan gave up its zero-COVID policy before well preparing enough rapid testing kits (triggered public angers) and probably antiviral therapies such as Paxlovid)

Telegraph (UK), 2022-5-7: Taiwan faces the daunting prospect of a vertical trajectory of infections that could trigger unprecedented death rates.

◆ Reuters, 2022-5-1: Taiwan calls China's COVID lockdowns 'cruel' ; China said Taiwan's new model of handling the pandemic would lead to many deaths. news.yahoo.com/taiwan-calls-chinas-covid-lockdowns-022237316.html

n Politicians abusing power to butt in line ??

USA , Canada, Euro., etc

Taiwan

nIn Canada, for example, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he has no problem waiting for his shot. there’s a lot of vulnerable people who need to get these vaccines much quicker than I will, and we’re going to make sure that they get it first
n Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, 57, argued that members of Congress, particularly those who are under 65 years of age and in good health, shouldn’t get the shots ahead of old people and health-care workers.
nSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted. “because I’m healthy & relatively young, I’m going to wait until seniors & frontline workers have the opportunity to take it first."
　

nIn Europe, a top army general in Spain and local mayors in Austria were accused of having jumped the queue for shots.

nSpanish princesses Elena and Christina – have faced anger after it emerged they obtained jabs i... The princesses, who are aged in their 50s, are not yet entitled to vaccines under Spain’s rollout

nPeru’s health and foreign ministers quit and its former president was placed under criminal investigation after reports of hundreds of Peruvian officials and others receiving vaccine doses outside of clinical trials and before the national immunization program began.

nThe World Bank’s threat to suspend funding in response to queue-jumping in Lebanon

nArgentina’s health minister also stepped down after reports that at least 10 people had been able to use connections to jump the queue for vaccines, including a journalist who said he had received an early shot after approaching the minister for help.

nPoliticians (not only the ruling party, but also some opposition party mayors, etc) used vaccine privilege to serve voting purpose, left behind those vulnerable and elderly. youtube.com/watch?v=C3KcfEW9Z4M

nSome widely-known Law makers cut in queue to take PCR test, left behind lots of people (some are high risky) waiting and even died in long lines, sunny or rainy udn.com/news/story/7338/6313780?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 udn.com/news/story/11091/6325951?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2

nThe authorities have also failed to standardize the allocation and use of leftover doses, raising questions about lack of a transparent process that fostered privilege and corruption globaltimes.cn/page/202107/1227797.shtml

nTo see more, further bad examples in Taiwan, please read https://intlhumanrights.com/CovID19inTaiwan.htm

comments by Taiwan's mass media
♣ United Daily, 2022-5-26: Only NT$ 100+ billions out of NT$ 840 billions CovID-19 special budget were spent on epidemic prevention, some other NT$ 600+ billions were squandered ("當凱子揮霍", subsidy etc)... therefore, those vaccine, test kits, medicine, equipment were inadequate. udn.com/news/story/7338/6340905?from=udn_ch2cate6643sub7338_pulldownmenu_v2

♣United Daily(聯合報) , 2022-5-30, 2022-5-29, Taiwan's child case-fatality rate (確診死亡率) is 10 times that of Japan and 8 times that of South Korea; in Singapore, there's even no any child was dead for CovID-Omicron

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♣ China Times, 2022-5-29: Three lines of defense (vaccine coverage, adequate rapid test kits, adequate antiviral pills) were collapse chinatimes.com/opinion/20220529003204-262101?chdtv chinatimes.com/opinion/20220530003217-262101?chdtv

◆ CNN (USA), 2022-5-14: Since the beginning of May, as case numbers spiked, long queues have formed in front of pharmacies across Taipei daily as residents scramble to purchase rapid test kits. Many leave empty handed despite queuing for hours. ..."Right now, there are changes to the rules every day or two," Hsueh said. "It can be really confusing, and it is better to have a plan" edition.cnn.com/2022/05/13/asia/taiwan-reopens-after-ditching-zero-covid-intl-hnk/index.html

◆ Global Times (China), 2022-5-15: Surge of Omicron cases in Taiwan ‘result of DDP’s political manipulation over anti-epidemic work’, and a relaxed quarantine policy, low vaccination rate . There is no rapid screening, and insufficient oral medicine, PCR testing kits, medical care and isolation centers. How can we live with the virus?" questioned by a netizen from Taiwan. globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265691.shtml

◆ Global Times (China), 2022-5-12: Taiwan..."a "poor" student in counter-epidemic tasks "... the island's health authority was never well-prepared in terms of mass screening, quarantine or vaccination. globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265507.shtml

◆ Washington Post, 2022-4-29: With an eye on Shanghai's woes, Taiwan moves to live with the virus. when asked about implementing a “coexistence” policy, 46.3 percent were against the idea while 45 percent were for it... "now it's suddenly everywhere"... Much like China, Taiwan has been slow to join parts of the world that have given up on trying to stamp out the virus — the island has continued with a strategy of extensive contact tracing, strict border controls and mask mandates to cut off transmission... washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/29/taiwan-coronavirus-zero-covid/
　

pic. AFP, MSN, 2022-5-13: Taiwan rideshare drivers demand Covid test kits as cases soar. The island state has the highest rate of daily infection in the world.

◆ SCMP, 2022-5-21: Both Shanghai and Taiwan Covid strategies ‘a nightmare’ for citizens scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3178651/taiwan-and-shanghai-2-different-takes-tackling-covid-19

◆ Next shark, Yahoo News, 2022-5-6: Taiwanese man berates Indian man for not wearing a mask (in order to drink his coffee): 'Indian man, black man, get out of Taiwan'. That Indian man is pursuing charges against a Taiwanese man for “public insult, embarrassment, and verbal abuse.” news.yahoo.com/taiwanese-man-berates-indian-man-225854821.html

◆ Oral antiviral pills for CovID Taiwan has bad record in 2021─ CovID Patient's applications for Remdesivir (expensive drug) were often rejected or delayed which caused deaths. Now, similar mistakes are repeated ?
USA	Taiwan
CNBC, 2022-3-1: President Joe Biden said Americans will be able to get Covid antiviral pills (Paxlovid or Merck's molnupiravir) for free if they test positive at a pharmacy.	nToo late to have oral antiviral pills ♣ United Daily, 2022-5-28: people usually get antiviral pills at the 4th or 5th day since becoming ill, increasing the probability that mild case worsens to moderate-severe case. udn.com/news/story/7338/6346575?from=udn_ch2_menu_v2_main_cate ♣ Yahoo Taiwan, 2022-5-19: Nearly 80% of local CovID severe cases died this year. Experts believe that this reflects the problem of "failure to administer drugs in time " tw.news.yahoo.com/社會-重症近8成死亡-專家疑未能及時投藥-235256426.html ♣ United Daily, 2022-5-22: Since April, about 20% of the deceased died within 5 days of being diagnosed, and about 40% of the deceased died quickly after diagnosis or were not diagnosed at all. Now we must try our best to achieve early diagnosis and early drug administration udn.com/news/story/120940/6331358?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub120940_pulldownmenu_v2 udn.com/news/story/120940/6346601 2022-5-28 ♣ United Daily, 2022-5-11: Taiwan's CDC "creates" a world-unique, rigid & severe admin. procedure for Cov. patients to apply for Paxlovid, therefore, most of them fail to have antiviral pills. How can little people fight the state machine ? udn.com/news/story/11091/6304035?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 ♣ UDN, 2022-5-10: Taiwan gov. regards Paxlovid as treasures. Only 2000 out of 280 thousands CovID patients had Paxlovid. ♣ UDN, 2022-5-9: It takes 4-5 days to know the results of PCR test and rapid test, which might results in serious delay to have Paxlovid or even death. (udn.com/news/story/122190/6298176?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub122190_pulldownmenu_v2) ♣Next TV news, (壹新聞) 2022-5-19 12:13: Giving patients drugs too late, some wait 5~7 days to get Paxlovid; 寰宇 News: some wait 5 days to telemedicine ♣ China Times, CTV news, 2022-4-27: oral antiviral pills imported for CovID are insufficient. ♣ UDN, 2022-5-10: MD in Taipei city hospital says many interferences or obstructions are ahead of prescription. udn.com/news/story/122190/6298743?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 ♣ CTV, 2022-5-23: many need connections (e.g., top rankings in hospital) to have oral antiviral pills. 　　 nNo oral antiviral pills for elderly aged 65- ♣UDN, 2022-5-3: Till May 1, more than 6000 elderly (aged 60+) were infected Omicron, only 800+courses Paxlovid were given. (udn.com/news/story/7338/6283302?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2) UDN, 2022-5-1: A woman aged 60+ was rejected to be hospitalized and not old enough to have Paxlovid, she died next day (it's almost all cases - patients cannot have Paxlovid unless staying in hospital-wards , 75 is min age to be hospitalized health.udn.com/health/story/120951/6281043; cdc.gov.tw/Uploads/a48e6ecf-54c1-4025-8b5c-46afebdfde9e.pdf ) ♣ TTV news, 2022-5-11: 2 problems to have Paxlovid (1) too late to get official test-positive inform or text-message (2) a long queue (7 days or more) to have telemedicine. ♣ TTV news, 2022-5-11: a lady aged 73 was rejected to have Paxlovid because it has not worsened to pneumonitis. But CDC declared patients aged 65 OR with high risk can have antiviral pills. (TVBS news, 2022-5-8) ♣ age 60 is defined as high risk in Singapore, Korea, Japan, ... but not in Taiwan n(1) Korea Herald, 2022-3-9: In South Korea, the use of Paxlovid -- an oral antiviral to treat COVID-19 -- is restricted to patients aged 60 and older, ... Asia.Nikkei 2022-2-11: seniors aged 60 and over became infected. This age group is at high risk of developing serious complications from the disease n(2) CDC (USA), 2022-4-15: Among these deaths in Hong Kong, 96% occurred in persons aged ≥60 years (cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7115e1.htm) n(3) Statista, 2022-4-1: 93.79% deaths in S. Korea occurred in persons aged ≥60 years (statista.com/statistics/1105080/south-korea-coronavirus-deaths-by-age/) n(4) Bloomberg, 2021-7-25, Global Times, 2021-6-18: most died are aged 60 ~ 90 。globaltimes.cn/page/202106/1226443.shtml n(5) UDN, 2022-5-21: In Australia, the death rate caused by Omicron is nearly double that of Delta for people over 60 udn.com/news/story/7338/6329224?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2 ♣ Taiwan is still very frugal? The website suggested patients aged 60-65 can pay for Paxlovid, but no response.
USA	Taiwan
New York Times, 2022-3-25: How do I get antiviral pills for Covid-19? First, you must test positive with a P.C.R. or rapid test.	In Taiwan, result of rapid test is not accepted for getting antiviral pills ─ until May 18, 2022 ─ those aged 65+ and some chronic get pills by rapid test positive, if MD agrees. However, many died already. CTV news, 2022-5-19: Taiwan's death rate is higher than world's average.

STATISTA 2022-5-5 Coronavirus (COVID-19) death rate in countries with confirmed deaths and over 1,000 reported cases as of April 26, 2022, by country
Characteristic (main country in Asia & Pacific)	Death rate
Indonesia	2.58
Philippines	1.63
Taiwan	1.39
India	1.21
Saudi Arabia	1.2
Malaysia	0.8
China	0.69
Thailand	0.67
Vietnam	0.41
Japan	0.38
Laos	0.36
UAE	0.26
Mongolia	0.24
Qatar	0.19
S. Korea	0.13
Australia	0.12
Singapore	0.11
New Zealand	0.07
NZ Cook islands	0.02
statista.com/statistics/1105914/coronavirus-death-rates-worldwide/

STATISTA, 2022-4-19 Coronavirus (COVID-19) death rate in countries with confirmed deaths and over 1,000 reported cases as of April 7, 2022, by country 　 Taiwan's death rate is highest among major countries in Asia & Pacific
country	Death rate(%)	Confirmed cases	number of deaths
Taiwan*	3.38	25,225	853
Indonesia	2.58	6,026,324	155,464
Sri Lanka	2.49	662,342	16,486
Cambodia	2.25	135,834	3,055
Pakistan	1.99	1,526,093	30,361
Philippines	1.61	3,680,244	59,422
Bangladesh	1.49	1,951,903	29,123
India	1.21	43,031,958	521,530
Saudi Arabia	1.2	751,404	9,053
China	0.88	1,495,380	13,098
Malaysia	0.82	4,280,591	35,192
Thailand	0.68	3,807,908	25,788
Vietnam	0.43	9,980,464	42,712
Japan	0.42	6,830,997	28,462
Laos	0.36	188,985	684
Australia	0.13	4,910,819	6,495
South Korea	0.12	14,778,405	18,381
Singapore	0.11	1,123,886	1,287
New Zealand	0.06	741,987	426
statista.com/statistics/1105914/coronavirus-death-rates-worldwide/ 2022-4-19

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◆ L.A. Times, ABC News, 2022-4-28: Taiwan faces largest COVID-19 outbreak yet. Most vulnerable in Taiwan's outbreak this time are children and the elderly. Difficulty buying rapid tests is likely due in part to the government's thought throughout the pandemic that there are few benefits to mass testing. The health minister last year said that public funds and medical resources could better be used elsewhere.

latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-04-28/taiwan-faces-its-worst-covid-outbreak-with-more-than-11-000-new-cases

◆ Forbes, 2022-4-28: Taiwan New Covid Cases More Than Double In Three Days. COVID-19 rapid test kits were sold in two hours across as the government launched a rapid test kit rationing scheme on Thursday; heavy traffic caused the national health insurance system to temporarily crash. forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2022/04/28/taiwan-new-covid-cases-more-than-double-in-three-days-to-record-11353/?sh=687845b77fd7

◆ USA Today, 2022-4-29: the government is asking people to quarantine at home if they test positive, unless they show moderate to severe symptoms. Experts are worried about the 5 million people who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/04/29/taiwan-covid-outbreak/9586723002/

◆ Guardian, 2022-4-23: Taiwan has been learning to gradually live with the virus and avoiding shutting down the economy, unlike in Shanghai going into lockdown...more vaccines and rapid tests were on their way theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/23/taiwan-wont-go-into-lockdown-like-shanghai-despite-covid-surge-premier-says

◆ Financial Times (UK) , 2022-4-18 ft.com/content/dd4a3bd0-8973-4222-9eed-f9bfe4c37691
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is forcing Taipei to move from preventing infections to coexisting with the virus.
Chen Shih-chung, health minister, Taiwan	plans to gradually lift an entry ban for non-residents and ease quarantine requirements for returning residents.
Ho Mei-shang, an adjunct fellow at Academia Sinica	It would be a failure if some people even did not get the chance to get into the health facilities

mass media	who got profits from the fights against CovID-19
United Daily, editorial, 2022-05-03	Taking the Pulse Oximeter as an example, the domestic price often starts from NTD 3,000, but the price in foreign countries is only about NTD 1,000 . Singapore even distributes it to households for free. Who got the profits? udn.com/news/story/7338/6283302?from=udn-catehotnews_ch2
China Times, editorial, 2022-05-03	♣ Epidemic prevention equipments in Taiwan is more expensive than those in foreign countries. Many advanced countries provide it for free charge to the people in urgent need. ♣ At the beginning of the CovID epidemic, the price of medical masks was about NTD 1 each, but the price rises to NTD 9 or more each after the government "levied" and sold to the public, which triggered public complaints - then the price gradually dropped to the NTD 3. ♣ The price to take PCR nucleic acid Amplification test in Taiwan is world's highest, up to NTD 7,000, which triggered the public's anger, then price dropped。 chinatimes.com/opinion/20220502002905-262101?chdtv

COVID vaccine talks held up on China sales deal. but WHY ?
Reuters, 2022-4-18 finance.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-says-covid-vaccine-talks-075923043.html	China Times, 2022-4-19 chinatimes.com/newspapers/20220419000472-260114?chdtv
Taiwan Health Minister said the problem now was that only Pfizer makes the version of the shot for children, but it does not have the right to sell it to Taiwan, which lies with BioNTech and Fosun (agent in China has the sales rights for China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan ). So that has complicated the contract."	Taiwan Health Minister claims the distribution of benefits has been mixed in the issue so that nothing can go further, but the truth is Taiwan played a similar tricks in last year, now the policy is again to violate the spirit of the contract - bypass the general agent in China, or just give lip service for nothing to delay the purchase. CTV news, 2022-4-20, 16pm: Tsai Ing-wen gov. 'hates China'.

Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking 2022-5-27 Taiwan ranks the 3rd from the end
ranks of countries (Asia & Pacific)	CovID cases per 100,000 people over the past month (JHU)	The Strength of health-care system	CovID deaths as a share of cases over the past 3months (%)
No. 6. S Korea	1955	89	0.1
12. Singapore	1760	92	0.1
23. Australia	5074	89	0.1
34. Malaysia	185	67	0.3
35. Thai.	328	72	0.4
41. Japan	786	96	0.2
44. New Zealand	4389	83	0.1
48. Hong Kong	115	-	0.8
51. Taiwan (drop 19 positions )	6031	79	0
52. Chn	9	70	0.1
53 countries in total; bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/spanish.html

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