A whole-of-nation approach to COVID-19: Taiwan’s National Epidemic Prevention Team

This article analyzes Taiwan’s National Epidemic Prevention Team, a collective synergy between government and society in fighting COVID-19. We draw on model of collaborative governance to dissect the collaboration Team members; that is, central government, local governments, private enterprises citizens. argue 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, democratic deepening continual diplomatic isolation despite global health crisis contributed capacity cohesiveness. Our analysis contributes heated discourse resilience these turbulent times, suggesting outbreak control can succeed only if there is an integrated system interdepartmental, central–local, intersectoral citizen–state collaboration. Overall, this shows how liberal democracies counteract COVID-19 without resorting authoritarian methods containment.