Which country has scored the best in grappling with Covid19?

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Which East Asian country would you guess? Korea? Japan? Of many of China’s neighbors, Taiwan has the fewest cases per capita of 23 million. As of March 10th, Taiwan has only 50 cases for an island just 81 miles off the coast of China. Taiwan was the first to become aware of the infection and it took a well organized approach to dealing with this infection. Some lessons we can learn: 1. inform the public, 2. have testing available, 3. take children’s temperature before they go to school. Hospitals do not allow visitors. For the entire article, click here.


Image via NBCNews article, courtesy of the Da Jia Elementary School

Image via NBCNews article, courtesy of the Da Jia Elementary School

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yvonne.liu.wolf

Yvonne Wolf was born in Taiwan and educated in the U.S. and Europe. She has extensive experience living and working internationally (Denmark and Japan). She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Danish, and has studied Japanese, Spanish, and Greek. Between work and personal travel, she has visited more than 20 countries and well-traveled within the U.S. and Canada. She has worked with organizations and business executives focusing on communication strategies working with Chinese and East Asian partners. Among her many skills is mediating across cultural misunderstandings.