July 6, 2020

How to Safely Reopen Colleges and Universities During COVID-19: Experiences From Taiwan

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

• Measures used in Taiwan to successfully control the spread SARS-CoV-2 in colleges and universities could inform such re-openings elsewhere. The Ministry of Education in Taiwan established general guidelines for college campuses that include creation of a task force at each university, school-based risk screening based on travel history, occupation, contacts, and clusters, self-management of health and quarantine, general hygiene measures (including wearing masks indoors), principles on ventilation and sanitization, regulations on school assemblies, a process for reporting suspected cases, and policies on school closing and make-up classes. 

Cheng et al. (July 2020). How to Safely Reopen Colleges and Universities During COVID-19: Experiences From Taiwan. Annals of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-2927