The comparison of New Zealand and Taiwan, published on 21 October in the journal The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, suggests Taiwan acted faster and more appropriately when the pandemic hit.
The study, co-authored by Jennifer Summers and colleagues at the University of Otago with public health authorities in Taiwan, recommends that New Zealand and similar countries set up “a dedicated national public health agency to manage both prevention and control of pandemics and other public health threats”.
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