Application of pandemic intelligence in dynamic data in taiwan
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
18
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Abstract
Taiwan was successful in containing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in 2020. One major factor in this success was the compilation and provision of comprehensive information about the pandemic. The present study proposes a pandemic intelligence system that provides data on the number of epidemic prevention professionals in each county and city, as well as daily confirmed cases, the demographics of the confirmed cases, and available resources (negative-pressure room beds and artificial ventilation apparatuses) in hospitals. Furthermore, the system provides the location of pharmacies selling masks and their current inventories, as well as the distribution of crowds at popular tourist destinations and social-distance monitoring. The most fre-quently used map layer in the thematic map of the pandemic is that of crowd distribution during the study period from March 2020 until the end of the same year. The case study used in this investigation for applying the system is represented by the 4-day weekend for Tomb-Sweeping Day of 2020. Through the real-time analysis of dynamic data and the integration of intelligence, the system offers a clear insight into changes in relevant information and, thus, enables the preemptive deploy-ment of control measures by the county/city governments regarding pandemic management. ? 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Subjects
COVID-19
Data integration
Dynamic intelligence
Pandemic management
demography
disease control
disease spread
epidemic
Article
coronavirus disease 2019
data integration
data system
disaster management
government
human
infection control
infection prevention
intelligence
pandemic
social distance
Taiwan
epidemiology
Coronavirus
Humans
Intelligence
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Type
journal article