Description of how Taiwan used simple tech to help contain Covid-19

The island has maintained some of the lowest case rates in the world throughout the pandemic - lasting more than 200 days in 2020 without a single case.

During its worst outbreak in May 2021, its daily case load amounted to several hundred local cases per day.

Since the Omicron variant hit Taiwan in early January, local case numbers have remained relatively low, in single figures or low double digits each day.

(A) sophisticated tracing system emerged from a relatively low-tech and crowd sourced development process.

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