we discussed the major data and outlook with fujitsu. yvonne: up next, as covid infections surge in taiwan, we speak to the official at the forefront of the islands response last year and sars back in 2003. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: taiwan was a global success story during the pandemic, but now it faces hundreds of untraceable infections. take a look at this chart. more than 300 cases yesterday, record numbers. let's bring in our guest, the former vice president who also served as the health minister during the sars crisis, he was tasked with managing and performing the response. a pleasure to have you on the program. we mentioned about taiwan being one of those success stories to balla covid up until now. tell us what you think went wrong here. guest: i think this time with a highly infectious virus and variant. at the very beginning the virus spread from other countries to taiwan, and it spread out [indiscernible] it's in this area that a lot of people are gathering, without face masks, without social distancing. the outbreak surged