On Dec. 31, 2019, the first reports emerged of a mysterious pneumonia-type illness in Wuhan, China, and Taiwan was spurred into action before most were aware of the transmission of this novel coronavirus. As COVID-19 wrought devastation around the world, government transparency and public vigilance meant Taiwan escaped relatively unscathed. Five years later, TaiwanPlus asks health experts for their recollections of Taiwan's pandemic response.