Not only are businesses open in Taiwan, it is one of the few countries where the schools are still open. Taiwan immediately began targeted testing, then contact tracing and quarantining suspected cases. The government distributed disposable surgical masks and people commonly wear masks in any public area. Some supply chains from China are disrupted, and the Computex trade show may yet be cancelled or disabled. Otherwise the economy in Taiwan is in motion.

These steps are more drastic than the "do nothing" approach we saw from some Western governments in the early days, but far less drastic that what those governments have had to resort to because they dropped the ball at the outset.