Table 5.

Major societal events related to COVID-19.

Date (year 2020)	Events
February 9	First asymptomatic laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 case in Taiwan
February 15	First COVID-19 death case in Taiwan
February 21	Passengers on Diamond Princess cruise ship returned to Taiwan
March 11	COVID-19 declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization
March 18	The director of the CECCa, Chen Shih-Chung, went to the Legislative Yuan for interpellation about the pandemic for the first time A total of 100 confirmed cases was reached; single-day confirmed cases hit record high for 3 consecutive days
March 26	The CECC released the first report on the analysis of confirmed cases in Taiwan
March 30	First death case in Taiwan’s first hospital cluster infection
April 1	The day before a 4-day long weekend First day of mask requirement on public transportation
April 5	The last day of a 4-day long weekend

^aCECC: Central Epidemic Command Center.