Taiwan’s Swift Response to Virus Threat Allowed It to Contain Outbreak

Mask-clad commuters get off a train at a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stop in Taipei on Jan. 30, 2020. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan—It’s been roughly three months since the CCP virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

It has now spread to more than 140 countries and territories around the world, killing thousands outside China.