Enhancing Data Linkage to Break the Chain of COVID-19 Spread: The Taiwan Experience

Wei-Cheng Lo   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Fu-Chung Wang   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Li-Yin Lin   ^{1, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Hong-Wei Jyan   ⁶ , MSc ;   Hsuan-Chien Wu   ⁷ , BA ;   Yao-Liang Huang   ⁸ , MSc ;   I-Ming Parng   ² , MSc ;   Hung-Yi Chiou   ^{1, 4, 5} , PhD

¹ Master Program in Applied Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

² Department of Information Management, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

³ College of Health Technology, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

⁴ Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

⁵ School of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

⁶ Department of Cyber Security, Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan

⁷ Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan

⁸ National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Taipei, Taiwan

*these authors contributed equally