A COVID-19 Lockdown Tabletop Exercise in New Taipei City, Taiwan
| Autor: | I-Tien Lo, Ching-Yuan Lin, Ming-Tai Cheng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Control (management) Taiwan lockdown 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic medicine Humans Operations management 030212 general & internal medicine Large city Pandemics Strategic planning Government SARS-CoV-2 Brief Report Public health public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Work (electrical) Communicable Disease Control Psychology tabletop exercise |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| Popis: | Objectives:This exercise aimed to validate New Taipei City’s strategic plan for a city lockdown in response to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The main goal of all solutions was the principle of “reducing citizen activity and strengthening government control.”Methods:We created a suitable exercise, creating 15 hypothetical situations for 3 stages. All participating units designed and proposed policy plans and execution protocols according to each situation.Results:In the course of the exercise, many existing policies and execution protocols were validated. These addressed (1) situations occurring in Stage 1, when the epidemic was spreading to the point of lockdown preparations; (2) approaches to curb the continued spread of the epidemic in Stage 2; and (3) returning to work after the epidemic was controlled and lockdown lifted in Stage 3. Twenty response units participated in the exercise. Although favorable outcomes were obtained, the evaluators provided comments suggesting further improvements.Conclusions:Our exercise demonstrated a successful example to help policy-making and revision in a large city of over 4 million people during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also enhanced participants’ subject knowledge and familiarity with the implementation of a city lockdown. For locations intending to go into lockdown, similar tabletop exercises are an effective verification option. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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