In response to the severe situation of the outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, and due to unknown modes of transmission and characteristics of the novel coronavirus and uncertain situations in the future, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) determined that all primary and secondary schools in Taiwan will postpone the first day of spring semester until 2 weeks later to minimize the risk of the spread of the disease and ensure students’ health, even though there has been no risk of community-acquired infections in Taiwan so far. Such decision was made considering that clusters of respiratory illness are more likely to occur at school campuses and that it’s difficult to control the disease outbreak if imported cases take place at school campuses. The decision is a preventive measure to actively prevent cluster infection at schools.