CNN 互動英語 2020 年 6 月號 No.237【有聲版】: Germ Warfare 台灣防疫成果獲國際肯定 關鍵在哪裡？

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Germ Warfare

台灣防疫成果獲國際肯定 關鍵在哪裡？

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

OK. Now, despite being just a short distance away from mainland China, Taiwan has appeared … is now appearing that they have a handle on the coronavirus outbreak. It is still too early to tell, but out of a population of nearly 24 million people, the World Health Organization is reporting that the island has about 77 infections at this hour, and—this is good news as well—only one death, so what is it doing right? For more, a Taiwan-based journalist Hilton Yip joins me now via Skype.

Taiwan—you’re talking about a place that is a very tightly-packed urban environment. It is a marvel that Taiwan managed to, really, have a successful containment, and if we look at a map right now, you know, you can see those 77 cases in context to the countries around it. I mean, even if you look at a country like Singapore—maybe 5 or 6 million people there—they still [have] 313 cases, and then you look to South Korea and Japan, you know, many, many more cases. Yes, higher populations, but still, even if you do the averages, still, Taiwan did incredibly well.

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

What did it do right?

HILTON YIP, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

OK. Hello, Paula. Thank you for having me here.

Taiwan has done a lot of things right. It started … it was vigilant early on. It also implemented a lot of pro[active] measures—even up to now, but it started doing this from December 31. And then, the third thing is that it did all this with a lot of transparency, and … so, the point is that it’s an all-around strategy. It’s a very broad strategy. So, I think they did a lot of things right. It wasn’t just, like, one or two things.

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

And when we say it wasn’t just one or two things, you know, we just reported that California shut down. So, we’re looking at that happening at this point in the pandemic. What can be modeled? I mean, when you say they did a lot of things right, what can be modeled in other areas right now?

HILTON YIP, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

OK. You know, this is kinda tough because one thing that Taiwan did is that … it’s from … for instance, from December 31, they actually started inspecting passengers from Wuhan, and then, in January, on the 23rd or so, they started banning flights from Wuhan. And then, early February, they started banning passengers … visitors from China.

So, the point … the issue is that they took a lot of measures to prevent the cases from coming to Taiwan and many cases from being … piling up. So, so far, Taiwan is not under lockdown. So, it’s, you know, it’s kinda difficult to compare it to a place like California.

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

Yeah.

HILTON YIP, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

As you say, which is …

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

And that is a point, right? That’s what’s so extraordinary. Taiwan was not under any draconian lockdown. It was more …

HILTON YIP, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

That’s right.

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

… it was what we would call containment measures. How important was testing in Taiwan, and are those cases an accurate reflection of the disease in … and if it is present in Taiwan?

HILTON YIP, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

Testing is key, you know, and … but also containment, as well as isolation [and] quarantine, so all these measures are important.

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

But the testing was aggressive. They had the test kits, and they were able to test aggressively.

HILTON YIP, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

Yeah. Yes. That’s right. They did.

PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR

How worried is Taiwan now that after all of those hard-fought measures and doing all that work that they’re gonna have this boomerang effect where travelers coming in from Europe and North America will, perhaps, again, make … put them in the middle of this infectious … of this infection?

HILTON YIP, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

And as a result, Taiwan has stepped up its travel restrictions. So, I think … I believe yesterday, or … sorry, from today, they’ve stopped letting visi[tors] … any overseas visitors enter Taiwan, except for Taiwanese citizens. So, yeah, they’re ramping up their restrictions.

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

好的。儘管台灣與中國大陸的距離近在咫尺，但台灣看起來……現在看起來新冠病毒的疫情在他們的掌控之中。現在要判斷還太早，不過在台灣將近兩千四百萬人的人口中，世界衛生組織通報這座島嶼此刻有約七十七例感染，而且──這也是好消息──僅一人死亡。所以台灣做對了什麼呢？更多資訊，一位在台灣的記者希爾頓．葉現在透過Skype與我連線。

台灣──這是一個屬於非常緊密聚集的都會環境的地方。令人驚奇的是台灣真的成功抑制了疫情的擴散，如果我們現在看看地圖，各位可以把那七十七個病例跟它周遭的國家一起看。我是說，即使你看到像是新加坡這樣的國家──那邊差不多有五、六百萬人──他們還是有三百一十三個病例，然後你看韓國和日本，有更多、更多的病例。是的，人口更多，不過儘管如此，即便你去算平均，台灣還是做得相當好。

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

台灣做對了什麼？

自由記者 希爾頓．葉

好。哈囉，寶拉。謝謝你邀請我連線。

台灣做對了很多事。它開始……台灣很早就有警覺心。它也實施了許多先發制人的措施──即使到現在，不過台灣從十二月三十一日就開始做這件事了。然後，第三件事是它做的這一切非常公開透明，而且……所以，重點是這是個全面性的策略。這是個非常廣泛的策略。所以我認為他們做對了很多事。這不只是，比方說，一、兩件事。

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

我們談到這不只是一、兩件事時，剛剛才報導加州封城了。那麼，這場全球流行病發展至此，我們看到那此刻正在發生。有什麼是可以被仿效的？我是說，你說他們做對了很多事，如今在其他地區，有什麼是可以被仿效的？

自由記者 希爾頓．葉

好。這有點難，因為台灣做的一件事是……從……比方說，從十二月三十一日起，他們其實就開始檢測來自武漢的乘客，然後在一月，二十三日左右，他們開始禁止來自武漢的班機。然後二月初，他們開始禁止乘客……來自中國的旅客。

所以重點是……問題在於他們採取了很多措施來防止病例進入台灣以及很多病例……往上累積。所以到目前為止，台灣沒有進入封鎖狀態。所以說，要拿台灣來和加州這樣的地方做比較是有點困難。

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

是啊。

自由記者 希爾頓．葉

如你所說，這是……

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

那就是重點，對吧？那就是這麼了不起的地方。台灣沒有處於嚴苛的封鎖狀態。比較是……

自由記者 希爾頓．葉

沒錯。

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

……是我們所謂的防堵措施。在台灣，檢測有多重要呢？而那些病例是否精準反映出這個疾病在……在台灣的現況呢？

自由記者 希爾頓．葉

檢測是關鍵，而且……防堵也是，還有隔離和檢疫，這些措施全都很重要。

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

不過檢測很積極。他們有檢測組，能夠積極進行檢測。

自由記者 希爾頓．葉

對，是的。沒錯。他們有。

CNN主播 寶拉．紐頓

台灣現在有多擔心呢？在做了那些努力拼搏的措施、花了那些工夫之後， 他們即將面臨這種迴力鏢效應，也就是從歐洲和北美進來的旅客會，也許會再度使……讓他們陷入這個傳染的……這場傳染病中？

自由記者 希爾頓．葉

有鑑於此，台灣已加強其旅遊限制。所以我認為……我相信昨天還是……對不起，從今天開始，他們已經停止讓旅客……任何除了台灣公民以外的海外旅客進入台灣了。所以，是的，他們正在加強限制。

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