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  • Published on: 3 November 2020
    Involving All for Covid-19 Prevention and Control
    • Josephine H Matthew, Registered Nurse Taipei Medical University, College of Nursing
    • Other Contributors:
      • Marvin R Duncan, Registered Nurse
      • Usman Iqbal, Assistant Professor

    Dear Editor,
    Gilmore. B., et al have highlighted that the community involvement is pivotal to improving on prevention and control of Covid-19. We believed that governments should implement strict policies, to foster a culture of compliance and trust, not infringing on human rights (B., 2009). Take Taiwan for example, who learned from their experiences with SARS in 2003, developed and implemented policies and infrastructure in 2004 to combat any similar outbreaks in future. In 2004, the year after the SARS outbreak, the Taiwan government established the National Health Command Center (NHCC). The NHCC is part of a disaster management center that focuses on large-outbreak response and acts as the operational command point for direct communications among central, regional, and local authorities (C. Jason Wang, Chun Y. Ng, & Robert H. Brook, 2020). Such a policy is able to encourage the dissemination of pertinent information to the people, increase transparency and build trust in the framework. Furthermore, the use of Info dynamics should take precedence to minimize the spread of misinformation among communities. In a 2020 issue, Tangcharoensathien V et al (Tangcharoensathien. V., 2020), the WHO presented a framework for managing the Covid-19 infodemic (G., 2020) which can continue strengthening on a trusting relationship among people and healthcare personnel. Therefore, rallying community members for various roles in disease prevention and control will be widely ac...

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