Since the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has issued prevention guidelines to schools nationwide. In compliance with government policy, most universities started the spring semester later than originally scheduled. On top of that, universities have taken several precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease. The Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan (FICHET) interviewed international students in Taiwan to find out how they are doing under these exceptional circumstances, and describes the preventive measures in place at each university.
Entering the Campus Universities implemented access control and reduced the number of entrances to campuses. Visitors are required to register and pass a temperature check in order to receive a temporary permit. University staff wearing face masks are stationed at checkpoints located at entrances to campus and buildings. They check that the body temperatures of all entrants are below 37.5 Celsius and their hands sanitized. Jared Yee, who just returned to Taiwan from Canada in early February, has noticed that popular places now have smaller crowds, “but life is still going on, because of all the medical checks, tests and things that are being done.”
In the Classrooms Prior to entering classrooms, students need to register their check-ins. The purpose is to keep track of potential transmission, in case an infection is reported. Darius Laguckas, a computer science major from Lithuania, has one class that is now delivered online since the beginning of the semester. At his university, all classes with more than one hundred students are delivered online. Darius reflects, “For group teamwork it's a bit more difficult to interact with classmates… We still meet up with teammates for the programming assignments.”
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