of port was by phoebe kong and she joins me now from taipei the capital of taiwan phebe looking at these latest infection figures coming out of china and taiwan is there a sense in asia the virus is now under control. china has reported 3 year old don't mask the infection today this is the 1st time since the epidemic erupted in generally given that if we assume the chinese official figures that are accurate then it appears that the domestic contagion is lastly and the control or even nearly stopped but there is mounting concern over a possible 2nd wave of infection across asia because many residents are now rushing back home from the currents epicenter of europe and other western countries and when we look at the figures on the newly infection in the region recently like china taiwan hong kong singapore nearly all of them all of the cases are imported from overseas and this number is surging rapidly these days and 34 in china today and over 20 in taiwan and hong kong yesterday so the crucial next step is to stop the spread of virus and try to prevent this from turning into a massive dome

phebe kong sent us the latest from taiwan. surgical masks and goals have become part of dr who's uniform since the coronavirus outbreak began he was among the 1st group of doctors and tyrone to treat suspected patients that was back in january when the virus 1st spread from china across the strait. islands taiwan is experienced in understanding china. we know what is reliable and when we should be skeptical. and because taiwan has long been isolated from the international community we must take more steps ahead of the crisis and use our own judgement. on both ends of busy citizenship. this is where he ended up sleeping a dormitory next to the hospital set aside for medical stuff like him for taiwan the jail and says the treatment for a disease with no cure. sits on you it was hard to identify misinformation out 1st i was scared of spreading the virus to my family. i think this has to be a collective effort if each of us takes very strict a cautions ourselves it eases the burden on the health care system. other than medics and