1. Given that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was still raging in China, at 10 am on January 23, Wuhan City announced that the public transportation would stop operations completely, indicating that the epidemic was getting worse. Today the CECC announced that the Epidemic Level was raised to Level 2 and Minister of Ministry of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-Chung served as the commander.
2. The Executive Yuan instructed that this epidemic prevention should be considered as war and we should perform the epidemic prevention effort perfectly, and each Ministry should be well-prepared in advance, make an inventory of their businesses, and utilize modern technologies to improve liaison with and health education for each channel.