Lessons on effective communication from Taiwan Government to combat COVID-19

Abstract

This perspectives explain the extraordinary gap in cases and deaths between Indonesia and Taiwan. The paper will answer the question: Why does Taiwan have just 7 deaths while Indonesia reported 14,348 deaths in the first week of November 2020? What strategy did Taiwan’s government employ to combat COVID-19? What lesson can be learned from Taiwan to combat Covid-19? The aim of this article is to identify lessons on effective communications strategy used by Taiwan’s government that can affect government, health professionals, and population together to combat COVID-19.

Keywords

• Effective communication
• Government strategy
• COVID-19 prevention
• Policy and politics to control COVID-19
• Taiwan