Central Epidemic Command Center

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC; Chinese: 國家衛生指揮中心中央流行疫情指揮中心) is an agency of the National Health Command Center [fr] (NHCC). It has been activated by the government of Taiwan for several disease outbreaks, such as the 2009 swine flu pandemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. The head of the agency is Chen Shih-chung, the minister of health and welfare.[1] The CECC is associated with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC).

A temporary command center was first established in 2003 during the SARS epidemic, which caused 71 deaths in Taiwan.[2][3] Then, as a result of lessons learned from this epidemic, a permanent National Health Command Center was approved as a project on 16 August 2004; NHCC offices opened in the CDC building on 18 January 2005. The CECC is one of the command centers that are part of the NHCC.[2][4]

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