The Central Epidemic Command Center was compiled on May 1. The picture shows CDC Director Zhuang Renxiang (from left), Commander Wang Bisheng of the Central Epidemic Command Center, and spokesman Luo Yijun.

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[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Report from Taipei] The Central Epidemic Command Center will hold its last regular press conference today, and it will be decomposed on May 1; the China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association released a poll today. 71.1% of the people think that my country's epidemic prevention performance is better than other countries, and 71.1% of the people are also satisfied with the epidemic prevention performance. Only the KMT supporters are satisfied (48.7%) and dissatisfied (48.8%).

The command center will be deactivated 1197 days after the outbreak, and the new crown virus will be adjusted from the fifth type of legal infectious disease to the fourth type. The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association immediately conducts a poll on "epidemic prevention downgrade, the government's three-year epidemic performance" , most people believe that the performance of epidemic prevention is better than that of other countries, and they are satisfied with the performance of epidemic prevention. More than half of the supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party, the People's Party, and middle voters are satisfied.

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On May 1, the command center will be dismantled and the new crown virus will be reclassified. Polls also show that 76.7% of the people support it regardless of blue or green. When asked whether "the current life has been affected by the epidemic", 70.1% People think that their current life has not been affected by the epidemic; when they further asked "whether the current life has returned to normal", nearly 80% (79%) believed that the current life has returned to normal.

In addition, nearly 60% (59.9%) of the people are no longer worried that the epidemic will become more serious in the future.

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association believes that, on the whole, Taiwan has emerged from the haze of the epidemic, and is more confident in facing the challenges of possible changes in the epidemic in the future.

Looking back at the government’s anti-epidemic policies in the past three years, polls show that 66.5% are satisfied with the performance of the government’s anti-epidemic policy of providing masks, vaccines, and rapid screening, 59.6% are satisfied with the provision of vaccines, and 62.4% are satisfied with the provision of rapid screening Performance.

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Association stated that although the supporters of the Kuomintang and the People's Party are more dissatisfied than satisfied with the above three questions, the gap is not sharply opposite; while pan-green, middle, and other voters are more satisfied.

It shows that although the tendency to identify with political parties has affected some views on the government's epidemic prevention performance, on the whole, Taiwanese people still view the Taiwan government's epidemic prevention efforts in the past three years in a rational and positive way.

The survey was conducted from April 24 to April 25, 2023. It successfully interviewed 1,208 people over the age of 20 in 22 counties and cities across the country. The sampling error was plus or minus 2.8% at the 95% confidence level.

The survey method used parallel interviews with local telephones and mobile phones. The local telephones used Chunghwa Telecom's household telephones. Stratified random sampling was adopted according to the electoral population of each county and city. The last two digits of the telephone numbers were randomized.

The mobile phone is randomly sampled with the telephone prefix announced by the government and the last 5 digits.

The weighting method is based on the population statistics of Taiwan in January 2023 released by the population database of the Department of Household Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior, and adopts multiple repeated weighting (Raking) processing for the administrative area of ​​household registration, gender, and age.

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association released a poll today, 71.1% of the people believe that my country's epidemic prevention performance is better than other countries.

(Provided by China Asia Pacific Elite Exchange Association)

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association released a poll today, and 71.1% of the public are satisfied with the performance of epidemic prevention.

(Provided by China Asia Pacific Elite Exchange Association)

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association released a poll today. On May 1, the command center will be dismantled and the new crown virus will be reclassified. Regardless of blue or green, 76.7% of the public support it.

(Provided by China Asia Pacific Elite Exchange Association)

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association released a poll today, and 70.1% of the people believe that their current lives have not been affected by the epidemic.

(Provided by China Asia Pacific Elite Exchange Association)

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association released a poll today, and nearly 80% (79%) believe that life has returned to normal.

(Provided by China Asia Pacific Elite Exchange Association)

The China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association released a poll today, and nearly 60% (59.9%) of the people are no longer worried that the epidemic will become more serious in the future.

(Provided by China Asia Pacific Elite Exchange Association)