Author: Lin YC, Chen MY, Liu MC, Lin YJ, Lin YH, Kuo JS, et al.
Summary: The paper describes the on-board quarantine measures implemented by Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center on a cruise ship docked at the Port of Keelung, Taiwan, on February 8, 2020. Quarantine officers, medical professionals, and administrative staff conducted fever screening and investigated the present illness and travel history of 1738 passengers and 776 crew members. All swabs tested negative for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 at the national reference laboratory, passengers and crew were permitted to disembark and were required to take 14-day self-health management measures. No cases were reported by the end of the self-health management period.