TAIPEI (Reuters): Billed a Covid-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life with the virus.
TAIPEI Billed a Covid-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life with the virus. For the whole of 2021, Taiwan reported less than 15,000 locally transmitted cases. Now, it's registering around 80,000 cases a day.
Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan on Tuesday reported 82,435 new COVID-19 cases an increase of more than 16,000 from the six-day low on Monday and 42 deaths, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).