Research, Development and Evaluation Commission

To celebrate the new release of the book, Tenacious Fight Against Pandemic - The Taipei City Anti-Covid Report, Taipei City Government hosted a book launch appreciation party at the Performance Hall of the Bopiliao Historic Block on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 10:00 am.  Tenacious Fight Against Pandemic - The Taipei City Anti-Covid Report is a book told through portraits of the individuals who worked and helped others tirelessly on the front lines of the coronavirus battle and the epidemic prevention efforts made by Taipei City Government between May and July of 2021.  Mayor Ko Wen-je joined by Deputy Mayor Huang Shan-shan and Tsai Ping-kun hosted an appreciation party inviting the interviewees of this book, epidemic prevention workers and representatives of the designated advanced and intermediate emergency responsibility hospitals.   Mayor Ko also presented certificates of appreciation to express his gratitude to those epidemic prevention heroes.

Tenacious Fight Against Pandemic - The Taipei City Anti-Covid Report is the first ever book published by Taipei City Government that profiles individual on the front lines of the coronavirus battle after the local outbreak in 2021.  It gathers more than 100 interviewees, including police officers, firefighters, emergency medical service personnel, professional nurses, city’s administrative teams, non-governmental and nonprofit organization members, market workers, educators, civil society activists, etc.  They respectively described their situations and experience of epidemic prevention in various fields during the most severe period of the local outbreak.  This book also keeps track of the preventive measures and strategies made by the Taipei City Government to fight against the pandemic and describes the anti-pandemic capacity changing from shock, expansion, to stabilization.  By well-documented all the hard work on the front line and the support systems, this book helps all the residents of Taipei City to realize how tough the situation was and how resilient we were during the difficult time.  This is not only a book of interviews but also a narrative report of collective force fighting against the pandemic.

On the day of the appreciation party, Taipei Symphony Orchestra performed two pieces live, accompanied by the screening of the documentary film and photos.  This touched the hearts of all participants and brought them back to the most difficult moment during the pandemic.  The event lasted around an hour and ended with warm music and applause.  The Department of Information and Tourism of Taipei City Government said that the book, Tenacious Fight Against the Pandemic - The Taipei City Anti-Covid Report, will be officially launched in the near future and can be ordered and purchased online from books.com.tw, kingstone.com.tw and eslite.com.